Page 38 - 2502_Pakistan-kifayat_C-8
P. 38
MICROSOFT EXCEL
Microsoft Excel is the most versatile and widely used of all the Office applications. Excel is also known
as an electronic spreadsheet.
Features of Excel
Excel has several features some of them are given below:
Excel has built-in formulas and functions to do calculations. You can also add formulas to your table
and get quicker solutions.
The data can be formatted in many ways to change the look of the spreadsheet.
When we make a change at one place in a worksheet, the entire spreadsheet is automatically
recalculated as per the formulas entered.
It is very easy to search and replace figures in a spreadsheet with just one command.
Autofill feature is used to fill down series of numbers, dates and other data, create and use custom
lists.
You can easily format the data in charts and graphs Factbot
with the click of a mouse. The first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc,
was developed in 1979.
STARTING EXCEL
The steps to start Excel are:
Scroll down to
2 the Excel and
click on it.
1 Click on the
Start button
Click on Blank workbook. A blank Excel worksheet opens.
A worksheet is a single page with rows and columns where you can type and store data, and perform
various operations on the data.
36 Premium Edition-VIII
