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Status bar
The horizontal bar at the bottom, which shows various information about the file on which you
are working is called the Status bar. The right section of the status bar has View Control Buttons
such as Normal and Page Layout for the spreadsheet. The Zoom button on the status bar are
used to adjust the magnification level of the worksheet.
Row
The horizontal divisions in a worksheet are called rows. There are 10,48,576 rows in an Excel
worksheet. Rows are numbered from top to bottom along the left edge of the worksheet as
1, 2, 3, ... .
Column
The vertical divisions in a worksheet are called columns. There are 16,384 columns in an Excel
worksheet. Columns are labelled from left to right with letters such as A, B, C, D, ... .
Row and Column Heading
The row heading is the grey-coloured number (1, 2, 3, etc.) located in front of each row in
the worksheet. On the other hand, the column heading is the grey-coloured alphabet letter
(A, B, C, etc.) located at the top of each column. The row headings range from 1 to 10,48,576 and
the column headings range from A to XFD.
Cell
The intersection of a row and a column is called a cell. A cell in an Excel worksheet looks like
a rectangular box. Every cell in the worksheet has an address, which is called a cell address. A
cell address is a combination of a column heading and a row heading. For example, a cell in the
second row of column A has the cell address as A2.
Active Cell
The currently selected cell that appears highlighted with a dark black border is an active cell. The
data is entered in an active cell.
Quick Byte
A cell range in Excel refers to a group of two or more cells. There are two types: Contiguous Cell
Range, where cells are next to each other and specified with a colon (e.g., A1), and Non-Contiguous
Cell Range, where cells are not adjacent and specified with commas (e.g., A1, B1, C3).
Mouse Pointer
The mouse pointer is displayed as a block plus sign ( ), whenever we move over a cell in a
worksheet. Another common shape of the mouse pointer is the block arrow.
Workbook
An Excel file is called a workbook. It is a collection of different worksheets. By default, a workbook
contains only one worksheet, Sheet1. The number of worksheets can be increased as per the
requirement.
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