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E Q: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why?. Do This: 1) Log In 2) Pull Out SS Note Sheet Table. 1 – What is a SPREADSHEET? 2 – Do you or your family use spreadsheets at work or at home? If so, For what purpose? 3 – Why do businesses use spreadsheets?
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EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why? Do This: 1) Log In 2) Pull Out SS Note Sheet Table 1 – What is a SPREADSHEET? 2 – Do you or your family use spreadsheets at work or at home? If so, For what purpose? 3 – Why do businesses use spreadsheets? 4 – What does a spreadsheet look like? 5 – How do spreadsheets work?
Spreadsheet BasicsObjective 4.01 What is a Spreadsheet? A spreadsheet (or worksheet) is an arrangement of cells in columnsandrowsused to organize, analyze, calculate, and report information, usually in numerical form. A workbook is a file which contains one or more spreadsheets. EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why?
Spreadsheets Perform Mathematical Calculations Do you or your family use spreadsheets? Daily Uses of Spreadsheets: • Balancing a checkbook • Calculating car loans • Calculating student grades (helping students keep up with their grades) • Household budgets Why do businesses use spreadsheets? • Payroll • Financial statements for a business (profit/loss) EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why?
Designing a Spreadsheet Cell – individual locations on a spreadsheet (intersection of a row and column) Column— identified by letters of the alphabet (vertical) • Column A refers to all of the contents in a verticalrange of cells in the first column of the spreadsheet. Row— identified by numbers (horizontal) • Row 3 refers to all of the contents in ahorizontalrange of cells on Row 3 COLUMNS (vertical) ROWS(horizontal) EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why?
Cell Specifics Cell Address: a specific location • Cell A4 = Cell address • It 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 ready to receive information Cell Range: • A1:D12 refers to a group of adjacent cells • ARangeisa group/block of cells. • example: C6:H18 refers to a range of cells in a specific spreadsheet. EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why?
Cell Specifics Cell Address A1 Active Cell A1 Cell Range A1:D12 EQ: What formatting options are used in spreadsheets and why?