Introduction to Excel

One of the main purposes of spreadsheet software is to

• Improving your writing

• Help you collect and organize information

• Incorporate clip art into documents

• Work with numbers easily and flexibly

The cell in the upper-left corner of a worksheet is:

• 00

• 1

• A1

• start

On a worksheet, the cell with the dark border is referred to as the ________ cell.

• Active

• Dark

• Interactive

• Border

On a worksheet, the intersection of a row a column is called a:

• Cell

• Workbook

• Pointer

• Formula

If you see P3 in a formula, it refers to:

• Pi

• P*3

• A special mathematical function for the prime numbers

• The contents of cell P3

The fill handle is located on the active _______ border.

• Cell

• Chart

• Form

• Dialogue box

The ______ displays the cell reference of the active cell.

• cell

• formula bar

• name box

• sheet tab

________ default to the right of the cell.

• text

• values

• cell names

• pointers

_______ default to the left of the cell.

• cell name

• values

• charts

• labels

When you insert a column in a worksheet, Excel ___ at the insertion point

• Copies over the existing column

• Shifts the existing columns to the left

• Shifts the existing columns down

• Shifts the existing columns to the right