1. Spreadsheet

2. Up until the 1980’s business didn’t really see the need for computers
Until Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston created something called “Visicalc” for the Apple II
Looks familiar?!

3. Suddenly, hand written accounts went from being static records…
…to interactive documents
This was the birth of “modelling” and business (and society as a result) has never been the same!

4. Key Terms
Spreadsheet – A Spreadsheet is a document that stores data in a grid of horizontal rows and vertical columns.
Spreadsheets use calculations called “formulas” which allow us to manipulate the data in powerful ways

5. Key Terms
Cell referencing – This is the address given to a cell location on a Spreadsheet. A cell address always starts with a letter followed by a number. E.g.
Row Number
Column Letter B 2

6. Cells
Cell Selector
Formula Bar
Rows
Columns
Worksheet Tabs

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8. Spreadsheet Research What is a spreadsheet?
What are spreadsheet formula?
What are functions in a spreadsheet?
What is a macro?
Find out what the following functions do:
SUM
VLOOKUP / HLOOKUP
SUMIF
COUNTIF
CONCATENATE/CONCAT
DATE
Extension Task
Print screen and label the following on Excel.
Column
Column Letter
Row
Row Number
Formula bar
Cell
Cell Reference
Worksheet