Chapter 3 - Microsoft Office

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Pie chart

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

Line chart

A chart type that displays trends over time; time displays along the bottom axis and the data point values are connected with a line.

Data marker

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

Axis

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

Enterprise fund

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.

Value axis

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.

Absolute cell reference

A cell reference that refers to 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 patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart.

Bevel

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

Fund

A sum of money set aside for a specific purpose.

Data point

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

Goal Seek

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

Chart sheet

A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.

Plot area

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

Chart area

The entire chart and all of its elements.

Percent for new value = base percent + percent of increase

The formula for calculating a percentage by which a value increases by adding the base percentage—usually 1000% —to the percent increase.

Value after increase = base x percent for new value

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

Rate = amount of increase/base

The mathematical formula to calculate a rate of increase.

Order of operations

The mathematical rules for performing multiple calculations within a formula.

Percentage rate of increase

The percent by which one number increases over another number.

What-if analysis

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

3-D

The shortened term for three-dimensional, which refers to an image that appears to have all three spatial dimensions-length, width, and depth.

Base

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

General fund

The term used to describe money set aside for the normal operating activities of a government entity such as a city.

Major unit

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

Formula AutoComplete

An Excel feature which, after typing an = (equal sign) and the beginning letter or letters of a function name, displays a list of function names that match the typed letter(s).

x-axis

Another name for the category axis.

y-axis

Another name for the value axis.

Google Drive

Google's free web-based word processor, spreadsheet, slide show, and form service, that includes free data storage.

Google Docs

Google's free, web-based word processor, spreadsheet, slide show, and form service, that along with free data storage, is known as Google Drive.

Relative cell 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.

Data series

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

Explode

The action of pulling out one or more pie slices from a pie chart for emphasis.

Category axis

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


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