This document provides information about spreadsheet software and advanced spreadsheet skills in Microsoft Excel. It defines key terms like rows, columns, cells, and formulas. It also gives examples of spreadsheet software programs and provides instructions for opening Excel. Common math functions in Excel like SUM, PRODUCT, and QUOTIENT are explained.
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Advanced Spreadsheet Skills
This document provides information about spreadsheet software and advanced spreadsheet skills in Microsoft Excel. It defines key terms like rows, columns, cells, and formulas. It also gives examples of spreadsheet software programs and provides instructions for opening Excel. Common math functions in Excel like SUM, PRODUCT, and QUOTIENT are explained.
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ADVANCED
SPREADSHEET SKILLS What is spreadsheet software?
Allow user to organize data in rows an
columns and perform calculations on the data. These rows and columns collectively are called worksheet. Example of spreadsheet software • LibreOffice Cal • OpenOffice.org Cal • Google sheets • Apple iWork Numbers • Kingsoft Office Spreadsheet • StarOffice Calc • Microsoft excel To open Microsoft Excel, press “Windows logo” + R then type “excel” then enter. Key terms in MS Excel: • Row – horizontal line of entries in a table. • Column – vertical line of entries in a table. • Cell – the place where info. is held in a spreadsheet. • Active cell – the selected cell. • Column heading – the box at the top of each column containing a letter. • Row heading – the row number. • Cell Reference – the cell address of the cell usually combine letter and number (ex. A1, B2, C2) • Merge – combining or joining two or more cells • Formula – is an expression which calculates the value of a cell. • Functions – are predefined formulas and are already available in Excel. • Formula Bar – the bar that displays the contents of a cell. FUNCTIONS Basic Math Operations:
• =SUM(x,y) or =SUM(range) – returns the sum of x
and y or (all the number within the range) • =PRODUCTION(x,y) – returns the product of x and y • =QUOTIENT(x,y) – return the quotient of x divided by y • =x-y – returns the difference of x subtracted by y • =x+y – return the sum of x and y • =x*y – return the product of x and y • =x/y – returns the quotient of x divided by y • =x-y – returns the difference of x subtracted by y EXERCISES