Computing Fundamentals

Section 9B

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Spreadsheet Software

An application for entering, calculating,

manipulating and analyzing sets of

numbers

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Tools Included in the Spreadsheet Interface

Document window WorksheetWorkbookMenu barToolbarFormula barScroll barsStatus barCell

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Cell

The intersection of a column and a row

You enter data into individual cells

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Cell Pointer

A rectangle enclosing one cell of a

spreadsheet, identifying that cell as

active

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Cell Address

Spreadsheets use row and column

identifiers as the basis for cell

addresses

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Label

Name for data value

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Value

An entered number or a result of a

computation

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Date

Indicates when a worksheet was

created. Also used in performing

calculations.

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Formula

Calculates numbers based on values or

formulas in other cells

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Cell reference

Tells a formula to look up the contents

of a referenced cell

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Range

Contiguous cells referenced in a

formula

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Functions

Perform specialized calculations

automatically

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Argument

The value or cell reference that the

function uses in its operation

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Three Data Analysis Techniques

What-if analysis

Goal seeking

Sorting

Section 9B

Spreadsheet Software