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EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why? Do This: 1) Log In 2) Pull Out SS Note Sheet Table 1 – What is a SPREADSHEET? 2 – Do you or your family use spreadsheets at work or at home? If so, For what purpose? 3 – Why do businesses use spreadsheets? 4 – What does a spreadsheet look like? 5 – How do spreadsheets work?
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EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and
why?Do This:
1) Log In 2) Pull Out SS Note Sheet Table
1 – What is a SPREADSHEET?
2 – Do you or your family use spreadsheets at work or at home? If so, For what purpose?
3 – Why do businesses use spreadsheets?
4 – What does a spreadsheet look like?
5 – How do spreadsheets work?
Spreadsheet BasicsObjective 4.01
What is a Spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet (or worksheet) is an arrangement of cells in columns and rows used to organize, analyze, calculate, and report information, usually in numerical form. A workbook is a file which contains one or more spreadsheets.
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Spreadsheets Perform Mathematical Calculations
Do you or your family use spreadsheets?
Daily Uses of Spreadsheets: Balancing a checkbook Calculating car loans Calculating student grades (helping students keep
up with their grades) Household budgets
Why do businesses use spreadsheets? Payroll Financial statements for a business (profit/loss)
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Designing a SpreadsheetCell – individual locations on a spreadsheet
(intersection of a row and column)
Column— identified by letters of the alphabet (vertical) Column A refers to all of the contents in a vertical range of
cells in the first column of the spreadsheet.
Row— identified by numbers (horizontal) Row 3 refers to all of the contents in a horizontal range of cells
on Row 3
A B C D
1
2 CELL
3
ROWS (horizontal)
COLUMNS (vertical)
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Cell SpecificsCell Address: a specific location• Cell A4 = Cell address
• It is the Column letter and Row number. • The cell address is also called the cell reference.
Active cell:• The cell that is selected• It is the cell that is ready to receive information
Cell Range:• A1:D12 refers to a group of adjacent cells• A Range is a group/block of cells.
• example: C6:H18 refers to a range of cells in a specific spreadsheet.
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Cell Specifics
Cell Range
A1:D12
Active Cell
A1
Cell Address
A1
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