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Chapter 1 Excel vocab
Term | Definition |
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active cell | Area in which you can enter data, surrounded by a heavy boarder |
apostrophe | used to enter a number as text |
auto fill options | Button that allows you to copy values with or without formatting, or without formatting or the format only |
autocalculate area | Status bar command used to obtain a total, average, or other information about numbers in a range |
AutoCorrect Feature | Automatically corrects capital letters, replaces commomly misspelled words |
Automatically updated properties | Properties that include system file properties |
bold | Used to make it stand out from the rest |
cancel box | cancels an entry by clicking |
category axis | The x-axis |
Colon | Placed between the starting value and ending value when defining a range |
destination area | Paste area |
document information panel | Contains areas where you can view and enter document properties |
document properties | The details about a file |
embedded chart | chart that is drawn on the same worksheet as the data |
Excel Help | Get answers to questions |
file | saved workbook |
fill handle | small black square located in the lower right corner of the active cell |
folder | a specific location on a storage medium |
font | defines appearance and shape of letters and numbers |
font color | defines the colors of characters |
font size | specifies the size of characters |
font style | Indicates how the characters are emphasized |
format | how you make a worksheet easier to read and understand |
home | key that selects the cell at the beginning of the row with the active cell |
in-cell editing | changing contents in the cell |
insert mode | Excel inserts the charcter and moves all characters to the right |
insert tab` | includes commands that allow you to insert various objects |
insertion point | blinking vertical line that indicates where next character typed will display |
keyword | a word or phrase that further describes a document |
left-aligned | the text value cell entry is positioned in the far left of a cell |
legend | indetifies each bar in a chart |
line chart | chart used to illustrate changes in data over time |
sum function | adds all the numbers in a range of cells |
requirements document | document which includes a needs statment a source of dta and a summary of calculations |