MS-Excel is a component of the Microsoft Office suite, functioning as an electronic spreadsheet for data organization, graphical representation, and calculations. It features a Ribbon with tabs for various functionalities including Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, and View, each providing specific tools for users. Additionally, the document lists common keyboard shortcuts for efficient workbook management.
MS-Excel is a component of the Microsoft Office suite, functioning as an electronic spreadsheet for data organization, graphical representation, and calculations. It features a Ribbon with tabs for various functionalities including Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, and View, each providing specific tools for users. Additionally, the document lists common keyboard shortcuts for efficient workbook management.
MS-Excel is a component of the Microsoft Office suite, functioning as an electronic spreadsheet for data organization, graphical representation, and calculations. It features a Ribbon with tabs for various functionalities including Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, and View, each providing specific tools for users. Additionally, the document lists common keyboard shortcuts for efficient workbook management.
MS-Excel is a component of the Microsoft Office suite, functioning as an electronic spreadsheet for data organization, graphical representation, and calculations. It features a Ribbon with tabs for various functionalities including Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, and View, each providing specific tools for users. Additionally, the document lists common keyboard shortcuts for efficient workbook management.
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MS-EXCEL
MS-EXCEL is a part Microsoft Office suite software. It is an electronic spreadsheet with numerous rows and columns, used for organizing data, graphically represent data(s), and performing different calculations. It consists of 1048576 rows and 16383 columns, a row and column together make a cell. Each cell has an address defined by column name and row number example A1, D2, e.t.c. this is also known as a cell reference. Cell references: the address or name of a cell or a range of cells is known as Cell reference. It helps the software to identify the cell from where the date/value is to be used in the formula.
The Ribbon in MS-Excel is the topmost row of tabs that provide the user with different facilities/ functionalities. These tabs are:
1. Home Tab: it provides the basic facilities like changing the font, size of text, editing the cells in the spreadsheet, autosum, e.t.c 2. Insert Tab: it provides the facilities like inserting tables, pivot tables, images, clip art, charts, links, e.t.c 3. Page Layout: it provides all the facilities related to the spreadsheet-like margins, orientation, height, width, background e.t.c. The worksheet appearance will be the same in the hard copy as well. 4. Formulas: It is a package of different in-built formulas/functions which can be used by user just by selecting the cell or range of cells for values. 5. Data: The Data Tab helps to perform different operations on a vast set of data like analysis through what-if analysis tools and many other data analysis tools, removing duplicate data, transpose the row and column, e.t.c. It also helps to access data(s) from different sources as well, such as from MS-Access, from web, etc. 6. Review: This tab provides the facility of thesaurus, checking spellings, translating the text, and helps to protect and share the worksheet and workbook. 7. View: It contains the commands to manage the view of the workbook, show/hide ruler, gridlines, e.t.c., freezing panes, and adding macros. Creating a new spreadsheet: In Excel 3 sheets are already opened by default, how to add a new sheet:
In the lowermost pane in Excel, you can find a button.
Click on that button to add a new sheet. MS-Excel shortcuts: 1. Ctrl+N: To open a new workbook. 2. Ctrl+O: To open a saved workbook. 3. Ctrl+S: To save a workbook. 4. Ctrl+C: To copy the selected cells. 5. Ctrl+V: To paste the copied cells. 6. Ctrl+X: To cut the selected cells. 7. Ctrl+W: To close the workbook. 8. Delete: To remove all the contents from the cell. 9. Ctrl+P: To print the workbook. 10. Ctrl+Z: To undo.
