Welcome to Excel pt. 1
This is a single page within an Excel file, made up of a grid of cells.
What is a sheet (also called a spreadsheet or worksheet)?
This is the basic unit in Excel where you enter data.
What is a cell?
This is any information entered into a cell.
What is data?
Every formula starts with this symbol.
What is the equals sign (=)?
This is Mr. McBride's go-to artist for independent work time in class.
Who is Drake?
This is the entire Excel file, which holds one or more sheets.
What is a workbook?
A cell is the intersection of one of these and one of these.
What are a column and a row?
This feature recognizes a pattern in your data and automatically fills in the pattern in the cells below.
What is AutoFill?
Remember this math acronym to make sure complex equations put numbers in parentheses first.
What is PEMDAS (order of operations)?
Mr. McBride earned his undergraduate degree at this university and is getting his Master's there now.
What is Saint Joseph's University?
True or False: You can find the worksheet you are on by looking at the top of the screen.
What is False? The sheet tabs are at the bottom of the screen.
True or False: Column headings are numbers (1, 2, 3...) while row headings are letters (A, B, C...).
What is False? Columns are lettered and rows are numbered.
These are the lines that separate each row and each column.
What are row and column borders?
These let a formula point to a data point instead of a typed-in number.
What are cell references?
Mr. McBride has a striking resemblance to, and a deep love for, this actor.
Who is Tom Holland?
This strip of tabs and icons at the top of Excel includes Home, Insert, and Page Layout.
What is the ribbon?
This is the unique name of a cell, made of its column and row, such as B3, A1, or D12.
What is a cell reference?
When a column is too narrow, this symbol appears repeatedly in the cell.
What is the # symbol?
This is the symbol that tells Excel what to do, such as + or *.
What is an operator?
McBride taught for one year at this school before coming to Cristo Rey Philadelphia.
What is Cristo Rey Los Angeles (also called Verbum Dei Jesuit)?
This bar above the spreadsheet shows the contents of the active cell.
What is the formula bar?
This is the currently selected cell, outlined with a bold border. Whatever you type goes here.
What is the active cell?
Words, numbers, and these are the three main types of data you can enter into a cell.
What are dates?
These are the values or cell references that an operator works on.
What are operands?
This is the city Mr. McBride is in right now.
What is Denver, Colorado?