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EXCEL 2010—                                                                            CHAPTER                            A spreadsheet is a computer application program for organising, calculating, and
                                                                                                                                            sorting data in a tabular form. It comprises a set of rows and columns that form a grid.
                  AN INTRODUCTION                                                                          5                                In other words, it is a table of data arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns.



                                                                                                                                                      EXCEL 2010

                                                                                                                                            Excel 2010 is a very popular electronic spreadsheet application that is used to perform
                                                                                                                                            calculations and manage data. An Excel file, which can contain many worksheets, is called
                                                                                                                                            a workbook.



                                                                                                                                                      USES OF EXCEL 2010



                                 Hurray!                                     Topics Covered                      95%                        Let us discuss the uses of Excel 2010.
                                 Finally, Mumma has promised                     Excel 2010                                                     Used for Computing Numbers:  Excel 2010 is a powerful application for computing
                                 to take us to the ice cream                     Uses of Excel 2010                                             numeric data. You can use Excel to perform mathematical calculations like calculating
                                 parlour today.                                  Starting Excel 2010                                            the sum, averages of your total marks, etc.
                                                                                 Components of Excel 2010 Window                                Organising and Sorting Data: Excel 2010 is good at organising data in a row-and-
                                                                                 Creating a New Workbook                                        column format. Once the data is entered, you can perform various sorting operations
                                                                                 Entering Data in the Worksheet                                 to control how the data is listed.
                                                                                 Working with Worksheet
                  You must be dreaming, Tanush.                                  Opening a Workbook                                             Storing and Analysing data: You can store data into numerous individual worksheets
                  Mumma can’t make such a promise                                Saving a Workbook                                              and analyze it accordingly.
                  today. She has a lot of tasks to                               Closing a Workbook                                             Sharing Data: Excel 2010 allows users to share data with other users. You can import
                  complete like entering, calculating,                           Exiting Excel 2010                                             data from other resources like Microsoft Word and export data into other file formats.
                  organising marks, and so on.

                                                                                                                                                       STARTING EXCEL 2010


                                                                                                                                            To start Excel 2010, follow the steps given below:
                                     My dear sister Aadya, maybe you don’t know that our mother is skilled
                                     in Excel 2010. So, she will complete her work in a matter of minutes.





                                                                                                                                                                                              3  Click on
                  WOW! But how is this possible as she has stacks of data to calculate.                                                                                                       Microsoft Office.
                  Excel 2010 seems to be a wonder. I want to learn it too.                                                                                          2  Click on All
                                                                                                                                                                    Programs.
                                                                                                                                                                                              4  Click on Microsoft
                                                                                                                                                                                             Excel 2010.
                                     Let’s get started to learn this magical software which is capable of
                                     doing much more than just calculations.                                                                  1  Click on the
                                                                                                                                              Start button.

                                                                                                                                            An empty Workbook titled Book1 is displayed in the Excel window.



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