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1. What is the purpose of a spreadsheet? Solve problems involving numbers
2. Give one advantage of using a computer spreadsheet? Solve problems faster and more accurately
3. A worksheet consists of what? Columns and rows that intersect to form cells
4. What is the difference between when you use Save and Save As? Save As allows you to change the name and location,
Save just saves the current name and location
5. What are the ways that you can change the active cell? Point and click, go to command, and arrow keys
6. What is a group of selected cells called? range
7. How do you identify a range of cells? Start with cell in the upper left through the cell in the lower right separated by a colon
example (B1:F7)
8. What key can you hold down to select cells or a group of cells that are not touching? CTRL
9. Active Cell-The cell in the worksheet in which you can type data
10. Active Worksheet-The worksheet that is displayed in the work area; also known as the active sheet
11. Cell-The intersection of a column and a row in a table or worksheet
12. Cell Reference-A unique identifier for a cell, which is formed by combining the cells column letter and row number
13. Column-appear vertically and are identified by letters at the top of the window
14. Formula-An equation that calculates a new value from values currently in a worksheet
15. Formula Bar-The box to the right of the Name Box that displays a formula when the cell of a worksheet contains a calculated
value (or the results of a formula)
16. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Excel)-Spreadsheet program in Microsoft Office 2007
17. Name Box-The cell reference area located below the Ribbon, which displays the cell reference of the active cell
18. Range-A group of selected cells
19. Range Reference-The unique identifier for a range, which is the cell in its upper-left corner and the cell in its lower right
corner, separated by a colon
20. Row-appear horizontally and are identified by numbers on the left side of the window
21. Sheet Tab-The worksheet identifier that appears at the bottom of the workbook window
22. Spreadsheet-Grid of rows and columns in which you enter text, numbers, and the results of calculations
23. Workbook-The file used to store worksheets; usually a collection of related worksheets
24. Worksheet-A computerized spreadsheet in Excel
25. Left one column-Left arrow key
26. Right one column-Right arrow key
27. Up one row-Up arrow key
28. Down one row-Down arrow key
29. To the first cell of a row-Home key
30. To cell A1-Ctrl+Home keys
31. AutoFit-An automatic determination of the best width for a column or the best height for a row, based on its contents.
32. Column Heading-The column letter.
33. Format Painter-A feature that copies format attributes such as colors, borders, and fill effects from an object, text, or cell in
order to apply the same formatting to another object, text, or cell.
34. Row Heading-The row number.
35. When you are changing a columns size you are adjusting what? width
36. When you are changing a rows size you are adjusting what? height
37. When the contents in a cell are too large for the cell and the cell next to it is occupied what happens to the text? truncated
38. When the contents in a cell are too large for the cell and the cell next to it is empty what happens to the text? Contents
continue on in the next cell
39. What button can you press on your keyboard to get out of a formula and remove the flashing border around cells?
Esc key
40. What is the cursor that allows you to copy a cells contents and/or formatting into an adjacent cell or range?
Fill handle
41. When you paste data into cells with existing data, the pasted data appears after the existing data.
The data that you paste replaces the existing data
42. Deleting a row or column erases the data in that row or column. True
43. Splitting creates two, three, or four panes in the worksheet. You can only split to two or four panes
44. What should you do if you accidently delete a column or row? Press undo or ctrl z
45. What does each formula begin with? Every formula has to have at least what? = and two operands and at least one operator
46. Will Excel let you enter a formula with incorrect structure. No
47. What are the three cell references and how do they work?
Absolute-does not change, relative-changes based on row or column change, and mixed-part changes and part does not
48. What are the two components of formulas? Operand and operator
92.Which tools allows you to circle around your object, allowing you to view it
from whatever perspective you choose? orbit
93.Which tool allows you to move the sheet that you object is drawn on, allowing
you to make the object more in the center of the screen? pan