What does a spreadsheet look like in Office 2016? © EIT, Author Gay Robertson, 2016
An Excel worksheet looks like … This is the title bar This is the status bar These buttons at the top right corner control the Excel program
Help!! if you have trouble identifying some parts – on at the top of your window key question eg answer will appear
Sheets Sheets have tabs they are called Sheettabs When you click on a sheettab, that worksheet becomes the active worksheet – the one you are working on
The ribbon …. The ribbon has TABS If you click on this icon and choose the ribbon will disappear click here to bring the ribbon back
Groups on TABs…. Command buttons (often the same buttons as in other programs)
Dialog box launchers … Dialog box will appear
QAT … (the Quick Access Toolbar) Click on the down arrow and choose the items which you frequently use They will appear in your QAT
What the cursor looks like ….. Cursor or Cell pointer or Cell selector This “fat white cross” is used for highlighting and selecting cells This “small black cross” is used for filling cells down or across This “four directional black arrow” is used for moving cell data
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