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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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