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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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