Excel chapter 1

Auto sum

A button that provides quick access to the SUM function

Absolute cell reference

A cell reference that refers to the cells by their fixed position in a worksheet; an absolute cell reference remains the same when the formula is copied.

Legend

A chart element that identifies the pattern s or color that are assigned to the categories in the chart

Merge & Center

A command that joins selected cells in an excel worksheet into one larger cell and center contents in the merged cell.

Cell style

A defined set of formatting characteristics, such as font, font size, font color, cell border, and cell shading.

Series

A group of things that come one after another in succession for example Jan Feb. march April ...

Function

A predefined formula-a formula that excel has already built for you that performs calculations by using specific values in a particular order

Theme

A predefined set of colors fonts lines and fill effects that coordinate with each other

Normal view

A screen view that maximizes the number of cells visible on your screen and keeps the column letters and row numbers close to the column and rows

Number format

A specific way in which excel displays number in a cell

Sparkline

A tiny chart in the background of a cell that gives a visual trend summary alongside your data makes a pattern more obvious

Data point

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

Column

A vertical group of cells in a worksheet

Formula Bar

An element in excel window that displays the value or formula contained in the active cell here you can also enter or edit values or formulas

Auto Fill

An excel feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells.

Auto fit

An excel features that adjusts the width of a column to fit the cell content of the widest cell in the column.

Recommended Charts

An excel features that display a customized set of charts that according to excel 's calculations will best fit your data based on the range of data that you select

Workbook

An excel file that contains one or more worksheets

Label

Another name for a text value and which usually provides information about number values

X- axis

Another name for the horizontal axis

Y-axis

Another name for the horizontal axis

Worksheet

Primary doc. that you use in excel to work with and store data and which is formatted as a pattern of uniformly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

Data seriers

Related data points represented by data markers ; each data series has a unique color pattern represented to the chart legend

Data

Text or number in a cell

Pixel

The abbreviated name for a picture element

Numbered row heading

The area along the left edge of a worksheet that identifies each row with a unique number

status bar

The area along the lower edge of the excel window that displays on the left side the current cell mode page number and when worksheet information on the right side when the numerical data is selected common calculations such as a sum and average

Active cell

The cell, surrounding by a black border, ready to receive data or be affected by the next Excel comma.

General Format

The default format that excel applies to number this format has no specific characteristics

Accounting Number format

The excel number format that applies a thousand comma separators where appropriate.

Comma style

The excel number format that inserts thousand comma separators where appropriate and applies two decimal places comma styles also leaves space at the right to accommodate a parenthesis when negative numbers are present

Cell

The intersection of a column and a row

Sheet tabs

The labels along the lower border of the excel window that identify each worksheet

Column heading

The letter that display at the top of a vertical group of cells in a worksheet; beginning with the first letter of the alphabet, a unique letter or combination of letters identifies each column

Row heading

The numbers along the left side of an excel worksheet that designate the row number

Chart style

The overall visual look of a chart in ter4ms of its graphic effects colors and backgrounds; for example you can have flat or beveled columns colors that are solid or transparent and background that are dark or light

Fill handle

The small black square in the lower corner of a selected cell

Operators

The symbol with which you can specify the type of calculation you want to perform in an excel formula

Range

Two or more selected cells on a worksheet that are adjacent or nonadjacent because the range is treated as a single unit you can make the same changes or combination of changes to more than one cell at a time

chart type

Various charts formats used in a way that is meaningful to the reader common examples are columns charts, pie charts, and line charts.

Row

a horizontal group of cells in a worksheet

Spreadsheet

another name for worksheet

Format

changing the appearance of cells and worksheet elements to make a worksheet attractive and easy to read

Relative cell reference

in a formula the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell referred to in the formula

Chart

the graph representation of data in a worksheet; data presented as a chart is usually easier to understand than a table of numbers.