When you open Excel, you will see this screen that will allow you to either open a new workbook or a previously saved workbook. Open Blank Workbook – Clicking here will allow you to open a new blank workbook in Excel. Recent Workbooks – This is a quick access area that will show you the last few Excel workbooks you’ve had open recently and allow you to reopen them. Open Other Workbooks – Clicking this will allow you to open other Excel workbooks not appearing in the recent list. When you open a new blank workbook in Excel, This is what you’ll see. These are the main areas of an Excel workbook. Quick Access Toolbar – This area is an “easy access” place that will allow you to perform frequently used actions such as save a workbook, undo the last command, redo the last undone command, check spelling etc… The items in this area can be customized to your preferences. Ribbon Tabs – This is the tab organisation of all the commands in Excel’s ribbon structur...
Cell A cell is the basic building block of a worksheet. Each worksheet contains a grid of cells in a 1,048,576 row by 16,384 column arrangement. Each cell can store data such as numbers or text or it can contain the results of a formula. Range A range is simply any collection of cells. Workbook A workbook is simply another name for your Excel file. Worksheet A worksheet is where Excel stores all your text, numbers and formulas. Each workbook contains at least one worksheets but can contain as many as you need subject to your computers memory restraints. Ribbon The ribbon is Excels graphical menu interface for commands you can perform. Commands are organized into different tabs and groups within tabs. These groupings Function A function takes input values and returns a calculated value to a cell. Excel has many functions available to do many types of calculations such as time and date functions,...