Spreadsheet Basics Objective 4.01 What is a Spreadsheet? A spreadsheet (or worksheet) is an arrangement of cells in columns and rows used to organize, analyze, calculate, and report information, usually in numerical form. A workbook is a file which contains one or more spreadsheets.

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 would a business use spreadsheets?  Payroll  Financial statements for a business (profit/loss) 2

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 vertical range of cells in the first column of the spreadsheet.  Row— identified by numbers (horizontal)  Row 3 refers to all of the contents in a horizontal range of cells on Row 3 ABCD 1 2 CELL 3 ROWS (horizontal) COLUMNS (vertical) 3

Cell Specifics Cell Range: A4:A16 refers to a group of adjacent cells A Range is a group/block of cells. example: A6:E16 refers to a range of cells in a specific spreadsheet. 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 4