Lesson 1: Familiarizing with Spreadsheet Application Flashcards
A spreadsheet software used to input and analyze data. It contains grids where you
can place values.
Excel
The document when you open Excel.
Workbook
The portion of your document.
Spreadsheet
Works as your normal arithmetic operation but you need to place an equal sign (=) before performing any operation between two or more values.
Formulas
Are specialized operations with assigned names that use predefined formulas and return a value
Functions
Is a rectangular box where you can input your values. Each one
can contain texts, numbers, images, or formulas.
Cell
Shows the number in a row of the currently selected cell. These numbers are arranged in numeric order.
Row Number
Shows the letter in a column of the currently selected cell. These letters are in alphabetical order from A-Z and will have a combination afterwards such as AA, AB, AC, and so on.
Column Letter
Shows the cell currently selected if you are selecting only one cell. It also shows
the number of rows and columns if you are trying to select a big portion of your document which contains several cells.
Name Box
Is the long rectangle beside the name box where you can input your formulas for your data. You can also use this to input a value in a cell.
Formula Bar
Is found on the top of the grid in Excel. You can find different buttons and tools to edit and customize your data.
Ribbon
Allows you to access frequently used tools such as save, undo, and redo.
Quick Access Toolbar
Also known as sheets, is where you can select a different sheet to look at its contents.
Spreadsheet Tab
Shows different information about the document. You can set the layout of how you like your spreadsheet to appear on your screen.
Status Bar
Show tools for opening an existing workbook, creating a new workbook, saving a workbook, printing a workbook, and other functional tools that are not necessarily connected to data manipulation or formatting.
File Tab
Gives you tools to format your table and it’s data. You can change the font size, font color, alignment, and other basic formatting tools. You can also copy paste insert and deletes using the tools in this tab.
Home Tab
Gives you tools to insert certain objects such as images, shapes, tables, graphs, and charts. There are predefined templates available for graphs and charts that can be found on this tab.
Insert Tab
Gives you tool so you can draw flexibly on your table or charts when discussing it. It contains different drawing tools such as a pen tool, eraser tool, highlighter, and lasso selection tool.
Draw Tab
Gives you tools and commands to format the orientation of your spreadsheet on the screen and the paper after printing. These tools allow you to edit the print area, margins, colors, etc.
Page Layout Tab
Gives you commands to edit, define, audit, and control formulas. You can easily find functions and formulas here because they are grouped depending on the use.
Formulas Tab
Gives you commands to connect to external data or databases to import pre-existing data tables.
Data Tab
Gives you tools and commands for spell checking, sheet protection, workbook
protection, and changes tracking.
Review Tab
Gives you commands to control the view of your spreadsheet and how you would interact with it.
View Tab