Excel Ch. 3

The Excel feature which, after typing = and the first letter of a function, displays a list of function names.

formula autocomplete

The y-axis is also known as the:

value axis

A column, bar, area, dot, pie slice, or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point.

Data marker

The mathematical rules for performing multiple calculations within a formula.

Order of operations

The process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes affect the outcome of formulas in a worksheet.

What-if analysis

The action of pulling out a pie slice from a pie chart for emphasis is called:

explode

A what-if analysis tool that finds the input needed in one cell to arrive at the desired result in another cell.

goal seek

A numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points; also referred to as the y-axis.

value axis

The numerical scale on the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points.

value axis

The Paste option used to paste calculated values that result from the calculation of formulas along with the formatting applied to the copied cells.

values & data formatting

The percent by which one number increases over another number is the percentage rate of:

increase

The command that moves a chart to a worksheet that contains only a chart and no other worksheet data.

move chart

A chart that shows the relationship of each part to a whole.

pie chart

The area bounded by the axes of a chart, including all the data series, is the:

plot area

A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker is a data:

point

A shape effect that uses shading and shadows to make the edges of a shape appear to be curved or angled.

Bevel

A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart.

Legend

The entire chart and all of its elements.

chart area

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.

chart sheet

In a chart, each data point—bar, slice, and so on—has a unique:

color or pattern

A chart type that displays trends over time is a:

line chart

Related data points represented by data markers are referred to as the data:

series

The term that refers to an image that appears to have all three spatial dimensions is:

3-D

A line that serves as a frame of reference for measurement and that borders the chart plot area.

axis

The mathematical formula to calculate a rate of increase.

Rate = amount of increase/base

The starting point when you divide the amount of increase by it to calculate the rate of increase is the:

base

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data; also referred to as the x-axis.

category axis

The x-axis is also known as the:

category axis

A municipal government fund that reports income and expenditures related to municipal services for which a fee is charged in exchange for goods or services is:

enterprise fund

The value in a chart's value axis that determines the spacing between tick marks and between the gridlines in the plot area is the

major unit

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 in the formula.

relative cell reference

The formula for calculating the value after an increase by multiplying the original value—the base— by the percent for new value.

value after increase = base * percent for new value