What is spreadsheet programs?What is spreadsheet programs?

• A spread sheet program is used to organize information. It has worksheets that are made up off cells. Each cell hold informations.

What does a spreadsheet program What does a spreadsheet program

do?do? A spreadsheet programs lets a person• Enter information into cells• Easily change what is written in the cells• Calculate numbers easily• Make a chart of the information in the cells.

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1. Active CellThe active cell is the cell surrounded by a black border. The black border is referred to as the active cell highlight

Data can only be entered into the active cell.

Even if more than one cell is selected, there is still only one active cell.

Use the mouse pointer or the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the active cell highlight from one cell to another.

It is also known As the Current Cell.

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2. Cell Referencecell reference identifies the location a cell or group of

cells in the spreadsheet.

A cell reference consists of the column letter and the row number that intersect at the cell's location. Note that when listing a cell reference, the column letter is always listed first.

In some spreadsheet programs, a cell reference is referred to as a cell address.

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3. DataData is information that is stored in a spreadsheet

program.

Data is stored in the individual cells of a worksheet. Only one piece of data is stored in each cell.

In addition to being stored in the spreadsheet, the data can be used in calculations, displayed in graphs, or sorted and filtered to find specific information.

There are three types of data in Excel: values, labels, and dates/times.

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4. Formulaspreadsheet formula is a mathematical equation that will

calculate a result.

Examples of simple formulas : = A3 - C6 / D2 or = ( B4 + B5 ) * E7

In spreadsheet formulas, normally we use the cell reference of the data rather than the data itself.

In Excel, formulas begin with an equal ( = ) sign.

In other spreadsheet programs, such as Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro Pro, formulas begin with a plus ( + ) sign.

Alternate Spellings: formulae

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Let’s learn a new game with X-cellsLet’s learn a new game with X-cells

In this game, students make their worksheets or their gamecards.

• First worksheet is “Game Cards” • Second worksheets is “Guess Cards”

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In the game cards sheets• A game card is made up of cells A1-G8• Each target is made up of a number of X’s placed into

the adjoining cells.

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Second sheet is “Guess Card”

• The guess cards used to keep track off the cell references players have called to see if their opponent has an X in the cells. The guess card has a record of the “hits” whics are cells that contain the letter X marked with the color red and “misses” which are cells do not contain the letter X marked with yellow

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• The game likes Battleship

ReferencesReferences

• http://www.technokids.com/computer-curriculum/camp/excel-for-kids-technothink.aspx