1. Excel – a spreadsheet program that allows you to organize, calculate, make decisions, graph, develop reports, and publish information to the Web. Worksheet – a grid of rows and columns; 1 spreadsheet Workbook – 2 or more worksheets

2. To keep track of facts and figures Grades Budget Home Business Business Expense Report Sales or Financial Report Check Register Inventory List Personnel List Client List

3. Cell – The basic unit of an Excel worksheet; where a row and column intersect Cell reference – a unique address that refers to the cell located at a certain location Column – letters Row - numbers

4. Active Cell– cell that you are working in 3 ways to identify an active cell: 1.Bold, black line around the cell 2.Column and row are highlighted 3.Name box displays the cell reference (A1, B13, …) Gridlines – horizontal and vertical lines on the worksheet

5. Title bar - includes the name of the worksheet or workbook Range – a series of 2 or more adjacent cells in a column or rectangular group of cells SUM Function – adds all of the numbers in a range of cells AVERAGE Function – averages numbers in a range of cells (add and then divide by the number of cells included in range)