Ms Excel
Ms Excel
Ms Excel
or example, one can create an Excel spreadsheet that determines a track associated
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charges, monthly statements, and interactively classify the data by the required criteria.
ith this article, we will learn about essential features of MS Excel, accompanying a sketch
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of how to use the program, its advantages or benefits, and other significant elements.
About MS Excel
What is MS Excel?
● U nlike a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, Excel builds data in columns and rows. An
Excel spreadsheet can be interpreted as a collection of columns and rows that create a
table. Rows and columns meet in a space termed a cell.
● Alphabetical letters are normally allocated to columns, and numbers are ordinarily allocated
to rows. Each cell can contain a single piece of data, such as a numerical value, text, or
formula.
● The address of a cell is furnished by the letter depicting the column and the number
symbolizing a row. Microsoft Excel is beneficial when we want to record, examine and save
numeric data.
● Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program applied to record and analyze numerical and
statistical data. Microsoft Excel provides several features to perform various operations like
mathematical calculations, graph tools, pivot tables, macro programming, etc. It fits with
multiple OS like Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS.
lick on the Start Menu–>Go to All Programs–>Click on MS Office–> Lastly choose the MS-Excel
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option.
lternatively, one can also begin it from the start menu(by typing MS Excel in the search option
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available)if it has been added there. You can open it from the desktop shortcut if you have created
one.
Features of MS Excel
S Excel is used for processing the data that is in tabular form and then performing mathematical
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functions on it to analyze it. This is what the Excel window looks like (version 2007):
xcel is a tool for coordinating and performing calculations on data. It can examine data, compute
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statistics, create pivot tables, and express data as a chart or graph. MS Excel performs the following
basic functions:
In MS Excel, there are rows and columns. The intersection of rows and columns makes a cell. So
each of the cells is an individual unit of data. Each cell has a cell address which is the number of
rows and alphabet of the column it appears in. No two cells have the same address ever.
he Home & Insert menu of MS Excel is similar to MS Word. Users can change the formatting of the
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content from home & include pie charts, tables, and other files related to data from the insert menu.
ont size, font color, font styles, alignment, background color, formatting options and styles,
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insertion, deletion, and editing in the cells options are also available.
ne can insert images and figures, header, and footer, charts, and sparklines and even attach graphs,
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equations, and symbols.
Formulas
he unique functions that MS Excel has are Formulas & Data. Users can perform the formula on data
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to analyze it quickly. Users have to select the cells for that and one cell becomes one unit of data.
o if the user selects 10 cells and applies an average formula to them, the user will get an average of
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the data output of those 10 cells.
o apply a formula to any data, the user needs to select it without any space. Then in the function
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bar, the user needs to type ‘=’ and the abbreviation of the formula the user wishes to apply.
Data
rom the Data menu, the user can perform functions without changing the original data. Users can
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filter, add external data from the web & sort data without changing it. For example, the user can sort
the data in alphabetical order.
ight from basic functions like addition & subtraction, the user can perform complex statistical
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functions like correlation & t-test. Moreover, users can convert them into Pie charts or graphs within
moments. This makes data analysis easy.
Review
roofreading like spell check can be performed for an excel sheet in the review section and a user
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can even add comments or remarks in this part.
View
ifferent views and layouts in which the user wants the spreadsheet to be displayed can be selected
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here. Options to zoom in and out, full screen, and pane arrangement are available under this section.
MS Excel Terminologies
● C ell- A cell is a rectangle block/box present in a worksheet. Any sort of data that a
user wants to enter into the worksheet must be arranged in a cell.
● Cells can be color-coded, show text, numbers, and the outcomes of calculations,
based on the operations. An Active Cell is currently an open-cell for editing.
● Workbook- The workbook relates to an Excel spreadsheet record. It includes all the
data that have been listed/sorted/calculated. A workbook that is available to be seen
and edited by various users on a network is recognized as a Shared Workbook.
● Worksheet- Inside the workbook is where we get documents called worksheets. Also
recognized as spreadsheets, a user can have multiple worksheets in a single
workbook.
● Workspace- Very similar to worksheets in a workbook, a workspace enables users to
open numerous files simultaneously.
● Formula Bar- The Formula Bar displays the data of an active cell. In the case of
formulas, the formula bar will showcase all components of the formula.
● Toolbar- The toolbar that holds quick shortcuts like save, undo and redo, etc.
● Chart- An object that displays data visually / graphically.
● Data Validation- This feature of MS Excel helps to limit incorrect data from being
inserted into the worksheet. Data validation aids consistency and precision in the
data to be entered.
● Ribbon- Over the workbook is a section of command tabs named the Ribbon. Several
options are present behind every tab of the ribbon.
Advantages of Using MS Excel
● A s there is no boundary to the amount of data that can be saved in a spreadsheet,
MS Excel is extensively used to save or to analyze the data.
● Earlier when working with pen-paper mode, data were to be stored in different files
and registers. Now, this has become helpful as more than one worksheet can be
attached to a single MS Excel file.
● When the data is collected in the form of a table, explaining it becomes easier. Thus,
data stored in the spreadsheet is more readable and recognizable.
● Performing various mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction,
average, and other operations have become more manageable and less
time-consuming with the choice of the formula in MS excel.
● The information is drafted on a piece of paper, finding something in it may take
longer, though this is not the case with excel spreadsheets. Locating and recovering
data is easy and simple.