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HELPFUL FACTS EXCEL
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= (equal sign) – Symbol used at start of every Excel formula
Autofit – Double-clicking the end border of a column (or row) to change the width (or height) to
match the widest (or tallest) entry of that column (or row).
Autosum – Icon used to derive a formula for a row- or column-total.
Average - Math operation for calculating the mean of number values in cells.
Borders – Lines created along the edge(s) of cells.
Cell – Intersection of a column and a row, contains data (text, number value, or formula)
Every cell has a unique address which is its column letter + its row number
Column – One of 16,384 vertical blocks, each containing over 1 million rows of cells.
Count - Math operation for counting the number of cells containing number values.
Ctrl-Home – Special key sequence which makes the active cell be the upper-left corner of the
worksheet.
Footer – Same as for Header, except at the bottom of every page.
Function – One of many pre-determined math/logic operations Excel knows how to perform.
Header – Data appearing at the top of every spreadsheet page. A common way to create one is from
the menu
Insert | Header&Footer
If – Logical function that allows Excel to decide between two methods from which to derive a cell’s
contents. Format is: =IF(condition, value if true, value if false)
Named Range – A cell or group of cells to which an English-like nametag has been given
(to make it easier for the user to which to refer).
Range – Group of continuous rectangular block of cells with a common relationship.
Row – One of over 1 million horizontal blocks, each containing 16,384 columns of cells.
Sum – Math operation for totaling number values in cells, the most often-used type of calculation
done by spreadsheets.
Vlookup – Math function that has Excel match a cell’s value with a vertically aligned category of a
table, and return a corresponding value from another table column as this cell’s value.
Example, in cell A13: =VLOOKUP(C13, Grades, 2)
What If? – Refers to the main type of problems solved by spreadsheets,
Workbook (Book) – A spreadsheet containing 255 identical worksheets. Excel can have up to 16
open workbooks at the same time.
Worksheet (Sheet) – An electronic grid of rows and columns with 16,384 columns and over 1
million rows. The columns are letter-id’s from A through XFD, and the rows are numberid’s from 1 through 1,048,576. Data can be stored in a cell, the intersection of a row and
column. Each cell has a unique address which is a combination of the column & row of
intersection.