Ms excel
- 1. MS Excel OR Spread Sheet This is a type of Application Software By Ansar RIaz
- 2. Spread Sheet Spreadsheet is a widely used type of application software. It allows users to organize data in rows and columns. A collection of rows and columns is called worksheet. Spreadsheet provides the features to create, edit and format worksheets. It can also be used to perform different types of calculation on data in worksheets. Spreadsheet also provides the facility to display data graphically using charts. Excel is popular spreadsheet software.
- 3. Use of Spreadsheet Application • It can be used by corporations to track profit and losses. • Economists can generate growth graphs of the country’s economy. • Statisticians can calculate the probability of crashing the market. • Women can manage their household budgets
- 4. Advantages of SS Computerized spreadsheets can calculate data easily, accurately and efficiently. The large quantities of numbers can be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided. • It increases the ease and speed of calculating. • It makes it easy t modify information and recalculate automatically. • It displays numeric data as a chart or graphs. • It incorporates numeric data into another software application.
- 5. Disadvantages of SS • Spreadsheets program cannot process a large volume of data quickly. • It does not provide much programming facilities.
- 6. Features of SS • Grid of Row and Columns: The spreadsheet is a grid of rows and columns. Each row is assigned a number and each column is assigned a letter. The intersection of row and column is called is called cell. • Formulas: The formula performs calculations on the data in spreadsheet. It displays the resulting value in the cell containing the formula. • Built-in-functions: spreadsheet has many built-in functions. Functions can perform different types of calculations. Lengthy calculations can be applied on worksheet easily by using functions.
- 7. Features of SS • Worksheet: A worksheet consists of rows and columns where the user can enter data. • Workbook: It is a group of worksheets saved together as one file. By default a workbook contains 3 worksheets. • Cell: The intersection of row and column is called cell. • Cell Address: cell address or cell reference identifier the location of a cell or group of cells in worksheet. It consists of column letter and row number. For example is C3
- 8. Features of SS • Active cell: The currently selected cell is called active call. It is the cell in which data is entered or edited at a given time. • Title bar: It is located at the very top of the screen. Spreadsheet displays the name of the current workbook on it. • Menu Bar: It is a collection of useful commands displayed on the top of screen. • Tool Bar: Toolbars are shortcuts to menu commands. Toolbars are generally located just below the menu bar. Toolbars consist of icons that act as shortcuts to the commands.
- 9. Features of SS • Formula Bar: The formula bar displays the values or formula used in the active cell. It can be used to edit cell contents easily. • Status Bar: The status bar appears at the bottom of the spreadsheet interface. It displays the information about a command. • 3D Sheet: Early spreadsheet programs provided only one worksheet at a time. The workbook could contain just one worksheet. The new spreadsheets are called 3D worksheet.