Excel Basics

name box

cell reference of the active cell

formula bar

displays value or formula entered into the active cell

row headings

numbers along the left side of the workbook window that identify the different rows of the worksheet

inactive sheets

not visible in the work window. Their sheet tabs are not underlined and the sheet name is blank

active sheet

underlined and the sheet name is green and bold

column headings

the letters at the top of the column

text data is referred to as

text string (contains a series/string of text characters)

numeric data

any number that can be used in a mathematical calculation

ctrl+z

undo

increase the widths of two columns

click one column, press ctrl and then click the adjacent column, then move the pointer in either direction to make both bigger or smaller

every formula begins with____

an equal sign and followed by an expression describing the operation that returns the value

the 5 options of AutoSum

SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX

format painter

paint brush with blue paint next to copy and paste on the home ribbon; copes and pastes formatting from one cell or range to another without duplicating any data

Creating the mean

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conditional format

applies formatting to a cell when its value meets a specified condition

how to get the median

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Which function determines how many cells in a range contain numbers, where value1, value2, and so forth are text, numbers, or cell references?

COUNT

In SUM(number1 [, number2, number3, ...]), number 1, number 2, and number 3 may be numbers or __.

cell references

Keyboard __ can help you work faster and more efficiently because you can keep your hands on the keyboard.

shortcuts

AZ" is an example of a __.

column heading

To make A1 the active cell, you should press which of the following keys?

ctrl+home

The characters +, -, *, and / are examples of __.

arithmetic operators

An Excel formula always begins with a(n) __.

equals sign

Put the following five steps in the order in which you would perform them to use the Paste Special function.
1. Select and copy a range.
2. Click the Paste button arrow in the Clipboard group on the HOME Tab.
3. Specify exactly what you want to paste.
4.

1, 5, 2, 4, 3