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excel 2003
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cell | a rectangle within a workbood or worksheet that can conatain values or formulas that return a value. |
| drop down menu | choices that appears in dialog boxes and next to some icon accessed by clicking the downward facing triangle |
| file format | a specific manner in which files are saved. Software applications support specific file formats. |
| formula | an equation that performs various operations (typically mathematical calculations) within a worksheet. |
| hyperlink | a word or phrase that, when clicked, displays another office xp file or an internet web site. |
| screen tip | text that apperars when an icon, hyperlink, etc is pointed at, but not clicked. |
| toolbar | a bar located under the main Menu Bar that provides quick access to features of excel |
| worksheet | a 2-D [age pf ce;;s (256 columns wide and 65,536 rows long) that are contained within a workbook |
| workbook | an excel file that contains 1 or more worksheets |
| excel | microsoft excel is a spreadsheet application that allows you to enter, calculate, and analyze data. |
| shared workspaces | shared workspaces are documents that have additional features to help you through a process or to simply link information from another surce to yur document. Forms and templates are good candidates as smart documents. |
| spreadsheet application | allows yu to enter, calculate, and analyze data. |
| world wide web www | the graphical internaet service that provides a network of documents that combine images, soud, text, and video to deliver information. |
| XML | the abbr. for Extensible Markup Language, which is a text format for structured data that can be used in a wide variety of applications. XML is a markup languae, like HTML, but tags are used to designate the structure of data, rather than the formatting. |
| taskbar | use the start button on the Taskbar to open the start menu. |
| columns | the vertical divisions of a worksheet and are identified by letters. |
| fromatting toolbar | contains shortcut buttons for frequently used commands and fratures that change the appearance of the worksheet. |
| formula bar | displays the contents of the selected cel or text box and allows you to ente or edit the data. |
| menu bar | usuallly licated brelow the title bar, contains menus and submenus that all you to access or execute a variety of fetures and commands. |
| rows | the horizontal divisions of a worksheet that are identified by numbers |
| standard toolbar | provides shortcut buttons that allow you execute frequently used commands such as open, save, print, and cut. |
| status bar | located at the bottom of the excel screen and provides informatin about the open workbook and the current operation. |
| name box | shows the name fo the current cel and allows you to name the selected cel or cell range Use the Name Box down-arrow to open a drop-down list that allows you to select any available named cell or range in the work book |
| task pane | windows typically located on the right side of an office appl. working screen. they provide access to commonly used commans without interrupting the work currently being performed. |
| title bar | the narrow horizontal strip at the topof a window that describes the contents of the window. |
| look in the list box | use the look in down-arrow inthe look in list box to open a drop-down list of available places you can navigate to when opening or saving a file. |
| open dialog box | the open dialog box allows you to locate and select the file you want to open. |
| up one level button | use the up one level button to access the next higher-level folder on the computer |
| custom text box | use the custom text box in the zoom dialog box to change the percentage of magnification at which you want to view a worksheet. |
| xcroll arrows | use scroll arrows to move through a worksheet one row or column at a time. |
| scroll bars | allow you to move up, down, left, or right through a worksheet. The vertrical scroll bar is located along the right edge of the worksheet, and the horizontal scroll bar is located along the bottom of the worksheet. |
| scroll boxes | use scroll boxes to move through a worksheet in large incremants by clicking-and dragging them along the scroll bars. |
| sheet tab | contains the name o a worksheet in a workbook and is located at the bottom of the working screen. you can click a sheet tab to switch to the crresponding worksheet. |
| cell address | eah cell has an address, which is made up the column letter arow number. for example, the intersection of column Cand row 28 is cell C28 |
| go to dialog box | allows yu to jump to a specific cell by using its cell address |
| desktop button | use the desktop button on the places bar to display the contents of the desktop. |
| network | a network consists of two or ore computers connected so that they can share information. |
| places bar | can be found in certain dialog bwxes, such as the open or save as dialog boxes, and allows you to click a button quickly display the contents of certain forlders |
| templates | a set of pre-made pages that can be used to create a new workbook with a consistent look and feel. Template file names are followed byt he .xlt file extension. |