Excel Vocabs Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Spreadsheet | a worksheet that is arranged in the manner of a mathematical matrix and contains multi column analysis of related entries for easy reference on a single sheet. |
Worksheet | The primary document that you use in Excel to store and work with data. Also called a spreadsheet. A worksheet consists of cells that are organized into columns and rows; a worksheet is always stored in a workbook. |
Workbook | A spreadsheet program file that you create in Excel. A workbook contains worksheets of rows and columns in which you can enter and calculate data. |
Workbook window | minimize/maximize options appear immediately below these Excel Window options, if the Workbook window is maximized. |
Cell | A box formed by the intersection of a row and column in a worksheet or a table, in which you enter information. |
Sheet tab | the current worksheet that is being displayed. |
Active worksheet | The active or current sheet is said to be in focus, which means that any action you perform in the program - such as entering data or formatting - takes place on the active sheet. |
Workspace | A file that saves display information about open workbooks, so that you can later resume work with the same window sizes, print areas, screen magnification, and display settings. A workspace file doesn't contain the workbooks themselves. |
Columns | labeled by letters; rows by numbers. |
Rows | run horizontally in an Excel |
Heading | is the colored row of letters used to identify each column within the sheet, or workbook. |
Cell reference | refers to a cell or a range of cells on a worksheet and can be used in a formula so that Microsoft Office Excel can find the values or data that you want that formula to calculate. |
Name box | displays the cell reference of the active cell. |
Formula bar | A bar at the top of the Excel window that you use to enter or edit values or formulas in cells or charts. Displays the constant value or formula stored in the active cell. |
Formula | A sequence of values, cell references, names, functions, or operators in a cell that together produce a new value. A formula always begins with an equal sign (=). |
Relative reference | In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to. If you copy the formula, the reference automatically adjusts. A relative reference takes the form A1. |
Absolute reference | identifies the location a cell or group of cells and is used in such things as formulas, functions, and charts. |
Mixed reference | used in formulas, functions, charts, and other Excel commands. |
Active cell | The selected cell in which data is entered when you begin typing. Only one cell is active at a time. The active cell is bounded by a heavy border. |
Enter data | The process of entering data into a computerized database or spreadsheet. Data entry can be performed by an individual typing at a keyboard or by a machine entering data electronically. |
Range | Two or more cells on a sheet. The cells in a range can be adjacent or non adjacent. |
Gridlines | the lightly-coloured horizontal and vertical lines that appear around cells in a worksheet. These grid lines are used to define the boundaries of cells, columns, and rows in a worksheet. |
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