What is MS - Excel? Explain its windows component with diagram.
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When you first open Microsoft Excel, you'll see the basic components; an Active cell, Column headings, a Formula bar, a Name box, the mouse pointer, Row headings, Sheet tabs, a Task Pane, Tab scrolling buttons and Toolbars.
Microsoft excel is a spreadsheet program. Spreadsheets present tables of values arranged in rows and columns that can be manipulated mathematically using both basic and complex arithmetic operations and functions.
It has varios components, major being:-
Title Bar:- The title bar displays both the name of the application and the name of the spreadsheet. The topmost blue bar with excel logo in the image.
Menu Bar:- The menu bar displays all of the menus available for use in Excel XP. The contents of any menu can be displayed by left-clicking the menu name. The bar below Title bar with File, Edit, View options in the image is called menu bar.
Column Headings: Each Excel spreadsheet contains 256 columns. Each column is named by a letter or combination of letters.
Row Headings: Each spreadsheet contains 65,536 rows. Each row is named by a number.
Formula Bar: The formula bar isplays information entered—or being entered as you type—in the current or active cell. The contents of a cell can also be edited in the formula bar.
Cell: A cell is an intersection of a column and row. Each cell has a unique cell address. In the picture above, the cell address of the selected cell is A1. The heavy border around the selected cell is called the cell pointer.
Workbook and worksheets: Each sheet you see on screen is called worksheet and collections of these sheets is together called as a workbook.
