The cell in your worksheet that has been selected. It will have bolder gridlines around it.
What is an Active Cell?
100
A document that is stored on your computer. In Excel, a file is also known as a workbook.
What is a file?
100
Tabs you see at the bottom of your workbook file, labeled Sheet 1, Sheet 2, and so on. You can rename the tabs. They represent worksheets within the workbook.
What are sheet tabs?
200
The rectangular shaped area on a worksheet that is created by the intersection of columns and rows.
What is a cell?
200
A combination of numbers and symbols used to express a calculation.
What is a formula?
200
An Excel file that contains individual worksheets. Also called a spreadsheet file.
What is a workbook?
200
A function that automatically identifies and adds ranges of cells in your worksheet.
What is autosum?
200
all cells are next to each other
What is adjacent cells?
300
The lines on your worksheet that separate the columns and rows.
What is a cell grid?
300
A command line above the worksheet where text, numbers, and formulas are entered into a worksheet.
What is a formula bar?
300
The orientation of a page such that the shorter side runs from top to bottom.
What is landscape orientation?
300
The orientation of a page such that the longer side runs from top to bottom.
What is portrait orientation?
300
A drop-down menu item and a button on the standard toolbar that allows you to select a formula that you wish to apply to data in your worksheet.
What is a function?
400
In a worksheet, the vertical spaces with headings A, B, C, and so on.
What is a column?
400
In a worksheet, the horizontal spaces with the headings 1, 2, 3, and so on.
What is a row?
400
A “page” within an Excel workbook that contains columns, rows, and cells.
What is a worksheet?
400
The name of the cell is determined by the name of the row and the column intersecting, such as A8.
What is a cell address?
400
The identifying letters and numbers for columns and rows. Columns are identified with letters, rows with numbers.
What is Headings?
500
When you move the mouse while holding down the mouse button (usually the left) to select a range of cells.
What is Drag?
500
The identifying name that reflects the information contained in a column or row in a worksheet, such as name or date.
What is a label?
500
A feature that allows you to copy information in an active cell to another cell or range of cells selected vertically.