PARTS OF MS EXCEL WINDOW (You can put here your most

commonly used commands

1. Title bar shows the name of the
3. Window control buttons
open file and the open program.
Minimize, maximize, restore, and
Title bar displays the workbook or
close the window.
file name. By default, the name is
Maximize/Restore- button makes
Book1. When we save the file, it
window full size of your screen or
becomes the file name that we
back to the regular: Minimize
use to save it. Beside the
button- places the application to
filename is the name of the
the taskbar. Close button-closes
application we are using, in this
the MS Excel program
case is Ms Excel.
4. Ribbon contains commands
2. Quick Access Toolbar is a
organized in tabs and groups
customizable toolbar where you
according to their function.
can show commands that you
Additional tabs will show when
frequently use. The Quick Access
you are working with pictures.
Toolbar is a customizable (add or
textboxes, shapes, graphs etc.
delete buttons) toolbar that
You can minimize and restore.
contains a set of commands that
 Tabs contain related
you can quickly access. You can
groups and provide access
move the Quick Access Toolbar
to many commands that
from one of the two possible
are associated with it.
locations, and you can add
 Groups put together the
buttons that represent commands
commads that are related
to the Quick Access Toolbar.
to each other. The name of
 each group appears below 6. Column Headings are identified
the ribbon by letters. Each column contains
 Command button has its set of cells in vertical order. MS
own specific function. Excel 2020 maximum number of
When you point the mouse columns is 16,384.
pointer to a button it 7. Row headings are identified by
displays the short-cut key numbers. Each row contains set
and its specific function. of cells in horizontal order. MS
when you move the mouse Excel 2020 maximum number of
pointer over each rows is 1, 048, 576.
command or tool, it will 8. Cell is the part where the row and
display the pop-up name column meet. Each cell is named
and function of the by combining its column and row
command. The arrow next 9. Active cell A( cell that is selected)
to an icon means there are The active cell is indicated in the
options available. Dimmed Name Box at the Formula Bar.
menu items are not Active cell has a black border
available for selection at outline. When you enter text or
this time. Selected formula, this is where your
command is the information will be housed.
highlighted command. 10. Fill Handle is used to quickly
 Dialog box launcher copy the formulas or text into
displays more options adjacent cells
associated with the 11. Name box displays the cell
command group. An on- reference( ColumnRow) of the
screen form that you fill up active cell. This can also bed to
to tell MS Excel how to locale
complete a command. 12. Insert Function is used to
 Tell Me Box works like a search and insert functions which
search bar to help you are preset formulas in MS Excel.
quickly find tools or 13. Formula bar displays the text or
commands you want to the formulas entered in an active
use. cell.
 Share button is used to  It also allows you to create
share the document and text and formulas at
see who it is share with. Formula bar.
 Comments button is used  We cannot see anything in
to see and respond to the formula bar when the
comments in this active cell is empty.
document.  But not when you start
5. Spreadsheet Area comprised of typing something,
rows and columns where data is whatever L typed in the
entered and manipulated.
 active cell also appears at appear on the status bar. Many
the formula bar. options are selected by default. If
14. Select All button allows you to you want to customize the status
select all cells on a worksheet. or bar, right-click it, and then click
press CTRL +A. the options that you want.
15. Scroll Bars allow you to easily  View Shortcuts
go to the top or bottom, left or  Normal View is the
right of the worksheet. Horizontal default view for all
and Vertical Scrollbars allows you worksheets in Excel.
to move left or right revealing  Page Layout View
other worksheet information that displays how your
are not seen. worksheets will appear
16. Worksheet tabs are used to when printed.
display the worksheet that a user  Page Break Preview
is currently editing. allows you to change the
 By clicking a worksheet location of page breaks,
tab (located ot the bottom which is especially helpful
of the window), users may when printing a lot of data
move betvween the from Excel.
various worksheets. Every  Zoom Slider used to
Excel file may have zoom in or out, click and
multiple worksheets, but drag the zoom slider to
the default is one (when your preferred display size.
you open the MS Excel.  Zoom Dialog box
You can change the tab Launcher To view more
name, color. ond add more zoom options, click the
sheets. Zoom Dialog box Launcher
17. Workbook a file that contains (100%).
one or more worksheets, which 19. Backstage view gives you
you can use to organize various various options for saving,
kinds of related information. opening a file, printing, sharing
18. Status Bar displays status on your workbooks, and many others
options that are selected to

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