basic components of MS-Excel
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Basic Components of MS-Excel
Active Cell: A cell which is currently selected. It will be highlighted by a rectangular box and its address will be shown in the address bar.
Columns: A column is a vertical set of cells.
Rows: A row is a horizontal set of cells.
Fill Handle: It’s a small dot present on the lower right corner of the active cell. It helps you to fill numeric values, text series, insert ranges, insert serial numbers, etc.
Address Bar: It shows the address of the active cell. If you have selected more than one cell, then it will show the address of the first cell in the range.
Formula Bar: The formula bar is an input bar, below the ribbon. It shows the content of the active cell and you can also use it to enter a formula in a cell.
Title Bar: The title bar will show the name of your workbook, followed by the application name (“Microsoft Excel”).
File Menu: The file menu is a simple menu like all other applications. It contains options like (Save, Save As, Open, New, Print, Excel Options, Share, etc).
Quick Access Toolbar: A toolbar to quickly access the options which you frequently use. You can add your favorite options by adding new options to quick access toolbar.
Ribbon Tab: Starting from the Microsoft Excel 2007, all the options menus are replaced with the ribbons.
Worksheet Tab: This tab shows all the worksheets which are present in the workbook.
Status Bar: It is a thin bar at the bottom of the Excel window. It will give you an instant help once you start working in Excel.