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Unit-4 ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET




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                 Mathematical or statistical analysis, long calculations, comparisons between different sets of data,
                 graphical representation of data, etc. are the tasks that produce useful information and provide
                 proper data that help in decision-making. Such tasks if done manually, prove to be tedious and
                 time-consuming.
























                 A spreadsheet package enables to accomplish such tasks quickly and efficiently. A spreadsheet
                 package  is  an application software that  does analysis,  calculations, comparisons and displays
                 information in required format and in charts and graphs. By using a spreadsheet application, a
                 user can arrange and store data in a systematic manner and can also make use of logical functions
                 to compute and analyze the data in different ways.
                 Spreadsheet packages are commonly used for keeping data, displaying organized data, generating
                 results,  planning budgets, making  annual reports of business organisations, generating salary
                 statements, doing tax calculations, etc.

                   FEATURES OF SPREADSHEET PACKAGE

                 With the help of a spreadsheet package:
                   Bulk volume of data can be kept and handled in an easier way.

                   Complex and long calculations can be solved accurately.
                   Data can be exported to or imported from other packages.

                   Data can be expressed in tabular or pictorial form, i.e. in the form of charts and graphs.
                   The formulae for calculation can be automatically applied to any data even when the data value
                   changes.




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