Microsoft Excel Terminology
SmartArt
A cool way to representing your information.
A file format that provides an electronic image of text or text and graphics that looks like a printed document and can be viewed, printed or emailed.
Function
A formula or equation use to generate an answer.
COUNTIF
A function that adds how many cells contain a value that meets a specific criteria.
Worksheet
A part/page on an excel spreadsheet file you are working in.
Backstage
A place to manage your slideshow's data and information— create, save, and send documents, inspect documents for hidden stuff or personal information and set options such as turning on or off AutoComplete.
Relative Value
A spreadsheet cell that changes depending on what changes were made to the spreadsheet it is located on.
Absolute Value
A spreadsheet cell that does not change regardless of its attributes.
Autofill
A tool which fills in a field or cells automatically.
Markup
Also known as comments, these are notes other people can leave you on your document.
Header
Any information at the top margin of a page that is repeated on every page like a book title or author name or page number.
Conditional Formatting
Apply a format to a cell or a range of cells based on certain criteria.
Cell Reference
Refers to a cell or a range of cells on a worksheet and can be used in a formula so that Excel can find the values or data that you want that formula to calculate.
Merge
To combine into one.
Concatenate
To combine strings of text, usually used when combing a last name and first name in 2 separate cells into one full name in one cell.
Export
To format data in such a way that it can be used by another application.
Sort
To put in order.
Filter
To remove unwanted pieces of data from view in a table.
Styles
Premade text, SmartArt, chart, table or image formatting so you can make objects look good quickly and easily
Quick Parts
Gallery used to create, store, and find reusable pieces of content, including AutoText, document properties such as title and author, and fields.
Quick Access Toolbar
Shows buttons to perform frequently used commands with a single click.
Sparklines
Small graphic designed to give a quick representation of numerical or statistical information taking the form of a graph without axes.
Workbook
The entire Excel spreadsheet file you are working in, it can contain one or more worksheets.
Ribbon
The horizontal space at the top of the window that organizes commands on tabs, and then groups the commands by topic. It's where all of your tabs and menus are.
Cell
The rectangular fields you can type in on a spreadsheet formed when a column intersects with a row.
