Excel 2016 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

A page in a workbook that consists of a grid of rows and columns in which you can enter text, values, and formulas, and perform calculations.

• Workbook

• Worksheet

• Row

• Cell

A collection of worksheets in a single file.

• Workbook

• Worksheet

• Column

• Row

A small, onscreen rectangle that displays descriptive text when you rest the pointer on a command or control.

• Command Tabs

• Cell

• Quick Access Toolbar

• ScreenTips

A line of cells that start at the left edge of a worksheet, continue to the right, and are identified by numbers.

• Row

• Column

• Active Cell

• Dialog Box Launcher

A broad band that runs across the top of the Excel window that organizes commands and tools into an easy-to-use interface. The ribbon was introduced in Office 2007.

• Command Group

• Cell

• Ribbon

• Row

A toolbar that gives you fast and easy access to the tools you use most often in Excel.

• Backstage View

• Quick Access Toolbar

• File Tab

• ScreenTips

Located below the ribbon at the left end of the formula bar. When a user types a cell location into this box and presses Enter, the insertion point moves to that cell.

• Name Box

• Column

• Command Tabs

• Quick Access Toolbar

In Office 2016, the tab that takes you to Backstage View to access Save, Print, Options, and other commands.

• Ribbon

• File Tab

• Command Tabs

• ScreenTips

An arrow in the lower, right corner of some command groups on the ribbon that opens a dialog box related to the command group.

• Name Box

• Backstage View

• Active Cell

• Dialog Box Launcher

Task-oriented tabs that are organized on the ribbon.

• ScreenTips

• Command Tabs

• File Tab

• Column