1. YEAR 10 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY What is Microsoft Excel?

2. What is a Spreadsheet?  One of the reasons computers were developed was to help people with mathematical calculations.  One of the application programs that can be used to help people with complex calculations is called a spreadsheet program.  Excel is Microsoft's spreadsheet program.

3. What is a Spreadsheet?  Misconceptions  Excel is a specific program made by the Microsoft corporation, but the program has become so popular that often the name "Excel" is mistaken for a generic name for any spreadsheet program.  Function  The Excel spreadsheet program can be simple to use to make calculations, but it is also capable of very complex calculations that would take individuals without computers a long time to complete.  Composition  The Excel program consists of rows and columns that combine to make cells. A page of these cells is called a worksheet, and a group of worksheets is called a workbook.

4. Spreadsheet Programs Available  Most popular spreadsheets today  Microsoft Excel  Apple Numbers  OpenOffice.org Calc  Google Spreadsheets  Less popular spreadsheets  Lotus 1-2-3 IBM, for Windows, Mac OS X & Linux, original 1983, last 2010  Quattro Pro, for Windows, original 1989, last 2010  Gnumeric, for Windows & Linux, original 2002, last 2010  Kspread, Windows, Mac OS X & Linux, original 2007, last 2010  EditGrid, internet based, like Google Spreadsheets, 2008

5. What can Microsoft Excel Do?  5 minutes to research some of the features of excel  Create a list of at least 10  Including, but not limited to: storing, organizing and manipulating data Performing basic mathematical operations such as summing columns and rows of figures. Finding values such as profit or loss. Calculating repayment plans for loans or mortgages. Finding the average, maximum, or minimum values in a specified range of data. graphing or charting data to assist users in identifying data trends. sorting and filtering data to find specific information

6. What's in a Spreadsheet?  Spreadsheets are made up of  columns  rows  and their intersections are called cells  In each cell there may be the following types of data  labels - (text with no numerical value)  constants - (just a number -- constant value)  formulas - (a mathematical equation used to calculate)