Microsoft Excel Basics

•Microsoft excel is a ______________ software.

• Presentation

• Spreadsheet

• Database

• Word processing

Microsoft Excel allows you to work on multiple sheets at the same time.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a tab in the ribbon?

• Name

• Home

• Insert

• Page Layout

On an Excel sheet the active cell is indicated by _____

• a dotted border

• a blinking border

• a dark wide border

• none of the above

The top section of the Excel screen is called the _______.

• work area

• taskbar

• formula bar

• ribbon

Which statement is true?

• Columns are identified by numbers

• Columns run from top to bottom

• Rows are identified by letters

• Rows run from right to left

How many sheets does excel allow you to add?

• Only 3

• As much as 10

• As much as you want

• Only 1

The name of a cell is given by the ___________.

• Letter + Number

• Number + Letter

• Letter only

• Number only

The _______ tells which cell you are on.

• formula bar

• sheet number

• ribbon

• name box

Excel sheets contain ___________ columns.

• less than 10, 000

• over 10, 000

• only 26

• over 1, 000, 000