1. 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.
Excel Obj SS Basics Ppt. #1

2. 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)

3. 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
COLUMNS (vertical) A B C D 1 2
CELL 3
ROWS (horizontal)

4. 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