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| Absolute Cell Reference | A cell reference that fefers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet; this remains the same when the formula is copied. |
| Accounting Number Format | The Excel number format that applies a thousand comma separator where apporpriate, inserts a fixed U.S. Dollar sign aligned at he left edge of the cell, applies two decimal places, and leaves a small amount of space at the right edge of the cell to accommodate a parenthesis for negative numbers. |
| Active Cell | The cell, surrounded by a black border, ready to receive data or by affected by the next Excel command. |
| Arithmetic Operators | The symbols +,-,*,/,%, and ^ used to denote addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentage, and exponentiation in an Excel formula. |
| AutoComplete | A feature that speeds your typing and lessens the likelihood of errors; if the first few characters you type in a cell match an existing entry in the column, Excel fills in the remaining characters for you. |
| Auto Fill | An Excel feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells. |
| AutoFit | An Excel feature that adjusts the width of a column to fit the cell content of the widest cell in the column. |
| AutoSum | Another name for the SUM function. |
| Category Axis | The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data; also referred to as the x-axis. |
| Category Labels | The labels that display along the bottom of a chart to identify the categories of data; Excel uses the row titles as the category names. |
| Cell | The intersection of a column and a row. |
| Cell Address | Another name for a cell reference. |
| Cell Content | Anything typed into a cell. |
| Cell Reference | The identification of a specific bell by its intersecting column letter and row number. |
| Cell Style | A defined set of formatting characteristics, such as font, font size, font color, cell borders, and cell shading. |
| Chart | The graphic representation of data in a worksheet; data presented as a chart is usually easier to understand than a table of numbers. |
| Chart Layout | The combination of chart elements that can be displayed in a chart such as a title, legend, lables for the columns, and the table of charted cells. |
| Chart Layouts Gallery | A group of predesigned chart layouts that you can apply to an Excel chart. |
| Chart Styles | The overall visual look of a chart in terms of its graphic effects, colors, and backgrounds; for example, you can have flat or beveled columns, colors, that solid or transparent, and backgrounds that are dark or light. |
| Chart Styles Gallery | A group of predesigned chart styles that you can apply to an Excel chart. |
| Chart Types | Various chart formats used in a way that is meaninful to the reader; common examples are column charts, pie charts, and line charts; |
| Column | A vertical group of cells in a worksheet. |
| Column Chart | A chart in which the data is arranged in columns and which is useful for showing data changes over a period of time or for illustrating comparisons among items. |
| Column Heading | The letter that displays at the top of a vertical group of cells in a worksheet; beginning with the first letter of the alphabet, a unique letter or combination of letters identifies each column. |
| Comma Style | The Excel number format that inserts thousand comma separators where appropriate and applies two decimal places; this also leaves space at the right to accommodate a parenthesis when negative numbers are present. |
| Constant Value | Numbers, text, dates, or times of day that you type into a cell. |
| Context Sensitive | A command associated with activites in which you are engaged; often activated by right-clicking a screen item. |
| Data | Text or numbers in a cell. |
| Data Marker | A column, bar, area, dot, pie slice, or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point; related data points form a data series. |
| Data Point | A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker. |
| Data Series | Related data points represented by data markers; each data series has a unique color or pattern represented in a chart legend. |
| Displayed Value | The data that displays in a cell. |
| Expand Formula Bar Button | An Excel window element with which you can increase the height of the Formula Bar to displaylengthy cell content. |
| Expand Horizontal Scroll Bar Button | An Excel window element with which you can increase the width of the horizontal scroll bar. |
| Fill Handle | The small black square in the lower right corner of a selected cell. |
| Format | Changing the appearance of cells and worksheet elements to make a wordsheet attractive and easy to read. |
| Formula | An equation that performs mathematical calculations on values in a worksheet. |
| Formula Bar | An element in the Excel window that displays the value or formula contained in the active cell; here you can also enter or edit values or formulas. |
| Function | A predifined formula- a formula that Excel has already built for you-that performs calculations by using specific values in a particular order or structure. |
| General Format | The default format that Excel applies to numbers; this format hs not specific characteristics- whatever you type in the cell will display, with the exception that trailing zeros to the right of a decimal point wiht not display. |
| Label | Column and row headings that describe the values and help the reader understand the chart. |
| Left Alignment | The cell format in which characters align at the left edge of the cell; this is the default for text entries and is an example of formatting information stored in a cell. |
| Legend | A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors that are assigned to the categories in the chart. |
| Lettered Column Headings | The area along the top edge of a worksheet that identifies each column with a unique letter or combination of letters. |
| Merge & Center | A command that joins selected cells in an Excel worksheet into one larger cell and centers the contents in the new cell. |
| Name Box | An element of the Excel window that displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object. |
| Normal View | A screen view that maximizes the number of cells visible on your screen and keeps the column letters and row numbers close to the columns and rows. |
| Number Format | A specific way in which Excel displays numbers in a cell. |
| Number Values | Constant values consisting of only numbers. |
| Numbered Row Headings | The area along the left edge of a worksheet that identifies each row with a unique number. |
| Operators | The symbols with which you can specify the type of calculation you want to perform in an Excel formula. |
| Page Layout View | A screen view in which you can use the rulers to measure the width and height of data, set margins for printing, hide or display the numbered row headings and the lettered column headings, and change the page orientation; this view is useful for preparing your worksheet for printing. |
| Picture Element | A point of like measured in dots per square inch on a screen; 64 pixels equals 8.43 characters, which is the average number of digits that will fit in a cell in an Excel worksheet using the default font. |
| Pixels | The abbreviated name for picture element. |
| Point and Click Method | The technique of contructing a formula by pointing to and then clicking cells; this method is convenient when the referenced cells are not adjacent to one another. |
| Range | Two or more selected cells on a worksheet that are adjacent or nonadjacent; because the range is treated as a single unit, you can make the same changes or combination of changes to more than one cell at a time. |
| Range Finder | An Excel feature that outlines cells in color to indicate which cells are used in a formula; useful for verifying which cells are referenced in a formula. |
| Relative Cell Reference | In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative position related tasks on tabs across the upper portion of the program window. |
| Rounding | A procedure in which you determine which digit at the right of the number will be the last digit displayed and then increase it by one if the next digit to its right it 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. |
| Row | A horizontal group of cells in a worksheet. |
| Row Heading | The numbers along the left side of an Excel worksheet that designate the row numbers. |
| Scaling | The group of commands by which you can reduce the horizontal and vertical size of the printed data by a percentage or by the number of pages that you specify. |
| Select All box | A box in the upper left corner of the worksheet grid that, when clicked, selects all the cells in a worksheet. |
| Series | A group of things that come one after another in succession; for example, January, February, March, and so on. |
| Sheet Tab Scrolling Buttons | Buttons to the left of the sheet tabs used to display Excel sheet tabs that are not in view; used when there are more sheet tabs than will display in the space provided. |
| Sheet Tabs | The labels along the lower border of the Excel window that identify each wordsheet. |
| Sparklines | A tiny chart in the background of a cell that gives a visual trend summary alongside your data; makes a pattern more obvious. |
| Status Bar | The area along the lower edge of the Excel window that displays, on the left side, the current cell mode, page number, and worksheet information; on the right ride, when numerical data is selected, common calculations such as Sum and Average display. |
| SUM Function | A predefined formula that adds all the numbers in the selected range of cells. |
| Spreadsheet | Another name for a worksheet. |
| Text Values | Constant values consisting of only text, and which usually provides information about number values; also referred to as labels. |
| Underlying Formula | The formula entered in a cell and visible only on the Formula Bar. |
| Underlying Value | The data that displays in the Formula Bar. |
| Value | Another name for a constant value. |
| Value Axis | A numerical scale on the left side fo a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points also referred to as the y- axis. |
| Workbook | An Excel file that contains one or more worksheets. |
| Workbook- Level Buttons | Buttons at the far right of the Ribbon tabs that minimize or restore a displayed workbook. |
| Wordsheet | The primary document that you use in Excel to work with and store data, and which is formatted as a pattern of uniformly spaced horizontal and vertical lines. |
| X-Axis | Another name for teh horizontal axis. |
| Y-Axis | Another name for the vertical axis. |
| AutoCalculate | A feature that displays three calculations in the status bar by default—Average, Count, and Sum—when you select a range of numerical data. |
| Chart Elements button | A button that enables you to add, remove, or change chart elements such as the title, legend, gridlines, and data labels. |
| Chart Filters button | A button that enables you to change which data displays in the chart. |
| Chart Styles button | A button that enables you to set a style and color scheme for your chart. |
| Excel pointer | An Excel window element with which you can display the location of the pointer. |
| Quick Analysis tool | A tool that displays in the lower right corner of a selected range with which you can analyze your data by using Excel tools such as charts, color-coding, and formulas. |
| Recommended Charts | An Excel feature that displays a customized set of charts that, according to Excel’s calculations, will best fit your data based on the range of data that you select. |
| Switch Row/Column | A charting command to swap the data over the axis—data being charted on the vertical axis will move to the horizontal axis and vice versa. |
| Theme | A predefined set of colors, fonts, lines, and fill effects that coordinate with each other. |
| Worksheet grid area | A part of the Excel window that displays the columns and rows that intersect to form the worksheet’s cells. |
