Spreadsheet-Software that the paper spreadsheet environment but makes it fast and easy. A spreadsheet appears on screen as a matrix of rows and columns. Spreadsheet can have thousands of cells and can be scrolled horizontally or vertically to be viewed.

Excel-Microsoft’s version of spreadsheet

Worksheet-One page of a Workbook. It is the page that you use to input data to organize into information.

Workbook-A file that contains a series of Worksheets

File-a document-in this case a spreadsheet document

Filename-The name given to a spreadsheet document at the time it is saved.

Active cell-The selected cell

Cell-A rectangle that is contained within a worksheet. Text and numbers and formulas can be inputted in individual cells.

Column-Spreadsheet organizes data in columns and rows. Columns are identified by letters of the alphabet and run vertically—that is up and down

Row- Spreadsheet organizes data in columns and rows. Rows are identified by numbers and run horizontally-that is left to right or right to left

Cell Address-The intersection of a row and a column

Formula-An equation that performs various operations within a work sheet

Ranges of cells-A rectangle of cells that is selected. For example cell A1 to cell A5.

AutoSum-A spreadsheet function that calculates the sum of the numeric value of all cells specified within a range.

Operation sign for addition     +

Operation sign for subtraction           –

Operation sign for multiplication         *

Operation sign for division      /

Operation sign for exponentiation ^    (to the power of)