Excel Vocabulary

The selected cell in which data is entered when you begin typing.

• Right Cell

• Active Cell

• Next Cell

The text, date, number, or logical input that completes a condition that a field must meet for searching or filtering.

• Value

• Data Type

• Function

A sequence of values, cell references, names, functions, or operators in a cell that together produce a new value. This always begins with an equal sign (=).

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• Formatting

• Formula

Text, number, logical and error in Excel are known as ____________.

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• Function Errors

• Data Types

The numbered gray area shown in Excel.

• Rows

• Numbering

• Settings

The shaded area at the top of each data pane column that contains the field name.

• Column Heading

• Panes

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A computer program that can capture, display and manipulate data arranged in rows and columns.

• Filing

• Spreadsheet

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This option lets you define the placement of text within a cell on the horizontal and vertical axis.

• Alignment

• Straightening

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Two or more cells on a sheet.

• Cell Switching

• Cell Answers

• Cell Range

Define "Function".

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• An expression that returns a value based on the results of a calculation.

• Equation errors.