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Introducing MS Excel

Microsoft Excel is user-friendly software consists of workbooks which


are collection of spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets were developed as computerized analogues of paper


accounting worksheets. Before computer, spreadsheets were written by hand in
ledger books or on ruled sheets. The first spreadsheet was introduced in 1979
and was then called as “visical”. In 1987, Microsoft Excel was introduced.

A spreadsheet is a useful tool for organizing raw data in tabular


form and performing basic mathematical and statistical analysis.

The spreadsheet, on which work is done currently, is known as


“Active worksheet”.

Name box Formula bar


Quick
access Menu bar
Title bar Tool bar
tool bar

Fig.: Active Worksheet

Title Bar: The top-most horizontal bar is known as “Title bar”. In figure,
the bar is coloured as blue and “Book 1- Microsoft excel” is written there in the
title bar.
Quick access bar: The left side of the title bar, where the save button, undo
button, redo button, etc. are located, that portion is known as “quick access
tool bar”.

Menu bar: Just below the title bar, the horizontal bar, where Home, Insert,
Page layout, etc. are written, is known as Menu bar.

Tool bar: The tools under each menu are located in tool bar which lies
below the menu bar.

Name box: The left side portion of the area below the tool bar, where the
cell location gets displayed is known as name box.

Formula bar: At the right side of name box, there is an area where the cell
contents, may be number, text, formula, etc. is written. This area is called
formula bar.

Cell: The junction area of column and row of excel is known as cell.

In a spreadsheet, there exist 2  16384 no. of columns and 2  1048576


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no. of rows. So, the no. of cells present in one spreadsheet are 2  2 .
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The columns are designated by alphabets while the rows are indicated by
numerical digits. To indicate a cell, firstly the column and the row, are to be
mentioned, like A6 which indicate the cell of column A and 6th row.

 Benefits of using MS Excel:

(i) Analyzing and sorting of data


(ii) Excel tools make life easier
(iii) Data recovery
(iv) Mathematical formulas can be used
(v) Secured platform
(vi) Excellent data presentation using graphs, charts, diagrams, etc.
(vii) Flexible and user-friendly.
(viii) Can be used in smart phones.

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