1. SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS 1

2. COMMON SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS  Budgets, business and personal **  Payroll **  Inventory  Invoices **  Balance sheets  Profit-loss statements  Income tax preparation  Currency conversion  Basically any use that requires calculations or charts ** - Illustrated in this lesson 2 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

3. Budget Illustration 3 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

4. Payroll illustration 4 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

5. INVOICE ILLUSTRATION 5

6. Common formulas  All mathematical operations: sum (+), difference (-), multiply (*), divide (/)  Average  Max - highest  Min - lowest  Count – number of 6 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

7. SPREADSHEET ENHANCEMENTS  Number styles, for example, accounting style  Borders  Cell formatting such as dates and percentages  Highlighting using conditional formatting  Charts and graphs  Font formatting including size, color, and alignment 7 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

8. Commonly-used chart types  Column – usually compares >1 item vertically  Line – can compare >1 item or items over time  Pie – compares parts related to a whole, can ‘explode’ a slice for emphasis  Bar - usually compares >1 item horizontally  Area – similar to column but can show parts of a whole over time 8 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

9. Illustrations of different chart types  The charts on the next few slides are based upon the Projected Expenses from the Budget Illustration Slide 3. 9 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

10. Sample column chart 10 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

11. Sample line chart 11 Right-click in the chart area and you can change the chart type from column to line etc. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

12. Sample pie chart 12 Pie charts should include data labels of percentages. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

13. Sample bar chart 13 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.

14. Sample area chart 14 Area charts are most effective with >1 set of data, but this provides an example of what it looks like. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2013. All rights reserved.