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Take Off Century #Critical Thinking
21 st
Skills
Look the given images a & b. Circle the number of oranges in 2015, apples in 2017 and total
fruits in 2016.
a. b.
In which image was it easier to find the numbers? Image 'a' is messy as data is not entered
properly whereas in image 'b' data is in a proper format and easier to search. This is called a
table and in Excel 2021 you can enter data like this.
Let us now learn about the Excel 2021 and it's various features.
EXCEL 2021
Excel is also known as an electronic spreadsheet. A spreadsheet can be defined as text and
numbers that have been organised in rows and columns.
Features of Excel 2021
Excel has several features some of them are given below:
Excel has built-in formulas and functions to do calculations.
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.
It is very easy to search and replace figures in a spreadsheet with just one command.
If some data is in series, it can be
quickly filled in the row or column using Factbot
AutoFill feature.
The first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc, was
You can easily format the data in charts developed in 1979.
and graphs with the click of a mouse.
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