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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES
2. Formatting toolbar
3. Formula bar
4. Name box
5. Rows
6. Columns
7. Work book
8. Active cell
9. Auto sum
10. Work sheet
11. Cell

HOW TO LAUNCH MICROSOFT EXCEL
 Click on start button on the taskbar.
 Select All Programs from the start menu.
 Select Microsoft office from the office menu.
 Click on Microsoft excel
 The MS excel will open and displayed on the desktop.

TITLE BAR: displays the current name of the document in which we are
working. It contains tools like control button (minimize, maximize, close.)
used to manage the window of the spreadsheet.

MENU BAR: it is normally below the tittle bar.
It consists of a list of items such as file, edit, view, format tools each option
has drop down list that the user can make selection to execute command on the
spreadsheet. The 2003 excel menu bar has 9 options.
FORMATTING TOOL BAR; it is a tool bar that contains items such as Bold (B),
Underline (U) and Alignment which helps to change the appearance of a text.
Standard toolbar is a toolbar that contains items such as Cut, Undo, Redo, Save and
paste which helps the user to execute command by single click

Name box; it is the rectangular area above the top-left corner of a worksheet in which
excel displays the cell reference of the active cell. E.g. A1, D8, G4 etc.
Active cell; is a selected cell in which new entries appears in. OR active cell it is a cell
where data is entered and it is noted with a thick border.
CELL; it is the intersection of rows and columns.
Cell selector; is the heavy border that around a cell. It also helps to see the active cell.
Cell referencing; is made up of the column letter and the row number. Example A2, B3
etc.
ROW; it is the horizontal line of cells and a number is used to identify each row. (1-
65,536)
COLUMN; it is vertical line of cells and a letter is used to identify each column.(A-Z,
AA, and BA-BZ…. IA-IV)

Formula bar; it helps to enter formula into the active cell. It also displays all the entries
on the active cell.
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