developed by Microsoft Corporation in USA. It includes three
components – Worksheet, Graph and Database Management. It
lets you create your worksheet and enter information. It
performs all kinds of calculations and displays results on the
screen in the form of figures or graphs. You can perform
various database management functions on the data entered in
the worksheet. Extension name of Excel is *. XLS.
Feature of Excel
1. Date and Time Related Function
2. Manipulation of Character Data (String)
3. Database Management
4. Keyboard Macros to Automate Task
5. Drawing Toolbar to Create Graphics
6. Each workbook can have multiple sheets.
7. Scientific Calculation
Advantage of Electronic Worksheet
1. The Result are accurate
2. The Worksheet can be quite big in size and any part of it
can be viewed or edit
, 3. Data entered in worksheet can be formatted in several
ways to give it a professional look
4. The information entered in a worksheet can be sorted in a
desired format
Some Word About Excel
1. The excel menu system is divided into nine categories
such as File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Data,
Window and Help
2. the workspace area is a grid of rows and column. It has a
order on the top and on the left. This border is called the
worksheet frame. That are column letters A, B, C etc. and
row numbers 1, 2, 3, etc in the worksheet border
3. At the bottom left of the worksheet frame, you find a few
tabs, Marked Sheet1, Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3.
4. A Worksheet is made up of rows and columns
5. 256 columns and 65, 536 Row in each sheet
6. The Excel Worksheet is more than 7 meters wide and 400
meters long.
7. The first row is called row 1, Second is 2, fifth row is
called 5 hundredth row is called row 100 and so on.