May 2013
Excel Introduction
Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet in the Microsoft Office office suite. To start it, simply click on the appropriate icon in the Start menu (in Windows) or click on an Excel file (that has an .xls file extension).
A Excel document is called a file and it contains one or more worksheets shown by tabs at the bottom of the page.
Interface Introduction
The Microsoft Excel interface is presented below:
It is made up of various elements:
- A title bar that shows the application name and the name of the open file
- A menu bar that provides access to the various functions of the spreadsheet
- A tool bar in icon form that offers direct access to the main
functions. It is interesting to note that this bar can be personalized
to allow shortcuts to the most used functions
- A formula bar showing the coordinates of the selected cell and its contents. The formula bar allows data to be entered in cells
- The worksheet is the key to the spreadsheet; it is the table
that contains all the cells. Tabs that allow the user to switch between
worksheets are located at the bottom of the worksheet.
- The status bar provides information about required actions. By default, the message ready is shown in the status bar
See also
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