Spreadsheet Vocabulary KS3

A spreadsheet

• is a rectangle where a column and a row meet
• goes up and down on the spreadsheet screen
• data type that will calculate a result. always starts with an "=" sign
• is software that processes and does calculations on the data entered by the user

Columns 

• is a rectangle where a column and a row meet
• go up and down on the spreadsheet screen
• data type that will calculate a result. always starts with an "=" sign
• is software that processes and does calculations on the data entered by the user

Display

• means rules to meet
• is text that is typed into the cells of a text that is typed into the cells of a spreadsheet
• type of information that can be stored in the cells of a spreadsheet. Spreadsheet data types include are is values (numbers), labels, formulas and functions.
• is what you can see

A formula 

• is a rectangle where a column and a row meet
• goes up and down on the spreadsheet screen
• data type that will calculate a result. always starts with an "=" sign
• is software that processes and does calculations on the data entered by the user

A cell is 

• a rectangle where a column and a row meet
• go up and down on the spreadsheet screen
• data type that will calculate a result. always starts with an "=" sign
• software that processes and does calculations on the data entered by the user

An icon is

• a number
• appears directly above the column headings of a spreadsheet and will display what has been typed into the active cell
• one tab of spreadsheet gridlines
• a small picture

Criteria

• means rules to meet
• text that is typed into the cells of a means spreadsheet
• type of information that can be stored in the cells of a spreadsheet. Spreadsheet data types include are values (numbers), labels, formulas and functions.
• is what you can see

Data

• means rules to meet
• is text that is typed into the cells of a text that is typed into the cells of a spreadsheet
• type of information that can be stored in the cells of a spreadsheet,  data types include values (numbers), labels, formulas and functions.
• is what you can see

Label

• means rules to meet
• is text that is typed into the cells of a spreadsheet
• type of information that can be stored in the cells of a spreadsheet. Spreadsheet data types include are is values (numbers), labels, formulas and functions.
• is what you can see

The formula bar is

• a number
• appears directly above the column headings of a spreadsheet and will display what has been typed into the active cell
• one tab of spreadsheet gridlines
• a small picture