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Unit 3 Notes

This document discusses OpenOffice Calc, a spreadsheet program that is part of the OpenOffice suite. It describes key spreadsheet concepts like workbooks, rows, columns, and cells. It also outlines several functions in OpenOffice Calc like SUM, MAX, MIN, and AVERAGE. Finally, it introduces OpenOffice Base as a relational database management system for storing and maintaining data in tables that can be linked and retrieved in reports or queries.

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Unit 3 Notes

This document discusses OpenOffice Calc, a spreadsheet program that is part of the OpenOffice suite. It describes key spreadsheet concepts like workbooks, rows, columns, and cells. It also outlines several functions in OpenOffice Calc like SUM, MAX, MIN, and AVERAGE. Finally, it introduces OpenOffice Base as a relational database management system for storing and maintaining data in tables that can be linked and retrieved in reports or queries.

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Unit 3

Snap Recap
1. What is the open source software?
Software that everyone can use freely without license.
2. Explain the difference between open and closed source software?
 Open software is free and closed source software needs license.
 Open software can be customized easily and closed source software cannot be
edited by your own.

Learning Objectives
 Entering data in a cell in open office calc
 Formatting the cells in open office calc
 Renaming a worksheet in open office calc
 Writing a function in open office calc
 Some functions in open office calc
 Charts in open office calc
 Reasons for creating a database
 Open office base as a relational database management system
 Creating a new database
 Database objects and elements of tables.

Introduction
 OpenOffice Calc is part of the OpenOffice suite and is used as a spreadsheet tool. A
spreadsheet tool is a common name given to a computer application that stores and
displays information in a tabular form.
 A file in OpenOffice Calc is referred to as a workbook with the default name as
Untitled 1. It is saved with an extension of .ods.
 A row is labelled as numbers starting from 1,2,3… with the last row as 1048576
 A column is labelled as letters starting from A,B,C… with the last column of AMJ
 A cell is formed by the meeting of a row and a column and is referred to as A1, B6.
 The process of automatically generating the series is called the AutoFill feature of a
spreadsheet.
 Formatting Cells
 Format menu -> cells option.
 Numbers, Font, Alignment, Background,

Writing function
 A formula is an expression that begins with an equal to (=) sign.
 Sum It adds up the values given as parameters in the functions
 Max it returns the highest value from the list of the values given as parameter.
 Min It returns the lowest value from the list of the values given as parameter.
 Average it calculates the average of the values given as parameter in the function.
 If it evaluates the condition given as the first parameter. If the condition is true, then
the second parameter will be evaluated, otherwise the third parameter will be
evaluated.

Chart – graphical representation of data in a spreadsheet.


Open Office Base
A powerful application software used for storing and maintaining data in the form of rows
and columns. Can be retrieved in the format of reports or queries.

RBDMS
Relational database management system. Arranged in the forms of rows and columns. Can
be accessed by multiple users, and different tables created in a database can be linked
together on the basis of a common column.

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