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Quick Access Toolbar             Title Bar



                             File tab


                        Name box                                                                             Ribbon
                                                                                                             Formula
                    Highlighted                                                                                bar
                    headings
                                                                                             Column
                                                 Active Cell                                 Heading

                   Worksheet Window                          Cell                        Mouse Pointer
                     Row Heading                Worksheet Tabs


                      Worksheet tab
                     scrolling buttons                     Components of MS Excel 2010
                                           Status bar
                       Formula Bar: It is used to enter and edit formulas and perform calculations on your worksheet
                     data. It is also used for entering and editing the contents.

                      Name Box: The address of the active cell is displayed in this box.
                      Worksheet Window: It is a single page in Excel also called spreadsheet.
                       Status bar: The horizontal bar at the bottom shows various information about the file on
                     which you are working. The right section of the status bar has view control buttons for the

                     spreadsheet.
                       Row: The horizontal divisions on a worksheet are called rows. There are 10, 48, 576 rows in
                     an Excel worksheet.
                       Column: The vertical divisions on a worksheet are called columns. There are 16, 384 columns

                     in an Excel worksheet.
                       Row  and  Column  Heading  Buttons:  The work  area  is divided into rows  and  columns.
                     The rows are referred using numbers and columns using alphabets. The row headings range
                     from 1 to 10,48,576 and column headings range from A to XFD.

                       Cell: The intersection of a row and column is called a cell. A cell in Excel worksheet looks like
                     a rectangular box.
                       Active Cell: A cell is formed by the intersection of a row and column. The currently selected
                     cell that appears highlighted with dark black border is an active cell. The data is entered in an

                     active cell.
                       Mouse Pointer: The mouse pointer is displayed as a block plus sign ( ), whenever it is
                     located in a cell on the worksheet. Another common shape of the mouse pointer is the block
                     arrow.

                       Worksheet Tab: There can be more than one worksheet in Excel and each has a specific
                     name. Any worksheet can be activated by clicking on worksheet tab.




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