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WORKING WITH SPREADSHEET                                                   6









                         Calculation and analysis are some of the essential activities that take place in an office or an
                         organization. Mathematical or statistical analysis, long calculations, comparisons between
                         different sets of data, graphical representation of data, etc. are the tasks, that produce necessary
                         and useful information. These tasks, if done manually, prove to be tedious and time consuming.



























                         A spreadsheet package accomplishes such tasks quickly and efficiently. A spreadsheet package
                         is  an  application  software  that  analyzes  data  with  the  help  of  graphs  and  charts  and  does
                         analysis, calculations, comparisons, etc. By using a spreadsheet application, a user can arrange
                         and store data in a systematic manner and can also make use of logical functions to compute
                         and analyze the data in different ways.

                         Spreadsheet packages are commonly used for generating  results, planning budgets,  making
                         annual reports of business organizations, generating salary statements, doing tax calculations, etc.
                           FEATURES OF A SPREADSHEET PACKAGE

                         Following are some of the features of spreadsheet package:

                         l    Bulk volume of data can be handled easily with the help of a spreadsheet.
                         l    Complex and long calculations can be solved accurately in a short span of time.

                         l    Data can be exported to or imported from other packages.

                         l    Data can be expressed in tabular or pictorial form, i.e. in the form of charts and graphs.
                         l    Non-numeric data can also be processed.




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