1. Spreadsheets Objective 4.01
What is a Spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet is an arrangement of cells in columns and rows used to organize, analyze, calculate, and report information, usually in numerical form.
It is a columnar worksheet used to calculate or analyze data.
A workbook is a file which contains one or more spreadsheets.
Excel 6.01 Ppt.

2. Spreadsheets Perform Mathematical Calculations
Daily Uses of Spreadsheets:
Balancing a checkbook
Calculating car loans
Calculating student grades (helping children keep up with their grades)
Household budgets
Payroll
Financial statements for a business (profit/loss)

3. Designing a Spreadsheet
WHAT IS A SPREADSHEET?
Rows and columns of data and formulas
Cell – individual locations on a spreadsheet (intersection of a row and column)
Column— identified by letters of the alphabet (vertical)
Row— identified by numbers (horizontal)
COLUMNS (vertical) A B C D 1 2
CELL 3
ROWS (horizontal)

4. Cell Specifics Cell Range: A Range is a group/block of cells.
Cell Address:
B2 = Cell address is the Column letter and Row number. The cell address is also called the cell reference.
Active cell:
The cell that is selected; it is the cell that is current and ready to receive information