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| Microsoft Excel | a spreadsheet application tool that analyzes data in a table format using formulas |
| Spreadsheet | a document that is used to crunch number and formulas |
| Column | Vertical spaces headed with letters. There a total of 256 and the last one is IV. |
| Row | Horizontal group of cells named with numbers; there a total of 65536 of them |
| Cell | the place where information is held in a spreadsheet |
| Active Cell | the cell in the spreadsheet where information will be placed; the cell that has been selected. |
| Name Box | displays the cell reference which is the location of the active cell in the worksheet. it is located on the left side of the formula bar. |
| Cell address | Tells you the exact location of a specific cell noting the intersection of the column and row that forms it |
| Work Book | An excel document that contains 3 worksheets by default but can have more than 3 |
| Worksheet | A single sheet contained in an excel workbook |
| Sheet Tabs | Labels located at the bottom of the workbook window indicating the worksheets |
| Ascending | increasing numbers or letters |
| Descending | decreasing numbers or letters |
| Autosum | a function that automatically adds selected cells |
| Dollar symbol | a function that changes the contents of a cell to currency and adds a dollar sign and 2 decimal places |
| Equation | a mathematical formula typed into a cell |
| Entry/formula bar | the tool bar that shows the text or equation assigned to cells |
| Percent sign | a function that allows the user to change the value of the cell to a percent by multiplying it by 100 |
| Merge and center | a function allowing the user to select a number of cells to create one large cell with the information centered within the large cell |
| Sort | a function that puts records in specific order |
