what are rows?
 

okay i have to do a powerpoint explaining rows, columns, and sheets. and i've
never used excel before so i don't know what any of it is. so if somebody
could help me i would be forever greatful.

"Punkhobbitqueen" wrote in
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okay i have to do a powerpoint explaining rows, columns, and sheets. and
i've
never used excel before so i don't know what any of it is. so if somebody
could help me i would be forever greatful.

When you open Excel you will see a worksheet that looks like a sheet of
graph paper with rows and columns of rectangular boxes. You can do just
about anything with these boxes.

You can think of each box as a "pigeonhole" in an old timey mail sorting
office. You can put anything in these boxes: text, formulas, phone numbers,
whatever.

Each "box" ("cell" in Excel nomenclature) is identified by a unique address
(like your home's street address) comprised of its row number and column
number. The row number is the number of the row from the top of the page
that the cell is in. The column number is the number of the column from the
left of the page that the cell is in; usually the columns use an
alphabetical identification, not numerical.

Try opening Excel and check it out.

even more simply,the rows are the horizontal lines of cells on the page or
sheet.The columns are the vertical stacks of boxes on the sheet.As fred said
each box has its own address and each sheet has its own name.using the basic
row number column number and sheet number every box can be "seen" from any
other box,in the book.A book or workbook is made up of several sheets.You can
even link seperate books!

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paul
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"Fred Smif" wrote:


"Punkhobbitqueen" wrote in
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okay i have to do a powerpoint explaining rows, columns, and sheets. and
i've
never used excel before so i don't know what any of it is. so if somebody
could help me i would be forever greatful.

When you open Excel you will see a worksheet that looks like a sheet of
graph paper with rows and columns of rectangular boxes. You can do just
about anything with these boxes.

You can think of each box as a "pigeonhole" in an old timey mail sorting
office. You can put anything in these boxes: text, formulas, phone numbers,
whatever.

Each "box" ("cell" in Excel nomenclature) is identified by a unique address
(like your home's street address) comprised of its row number and column
number. The row number is the number of the row from the top of the page
that the cell is in. The column number is the number of the column from the
left of the page that the cell is in; usually the columns use an
alphabetical identification, not numerical.

Try opening Excel and check it out.

Punkhobbitqueen wrote:
okay i have to do a powerpoint explaining rows, columns, and sheets. and i've
never used excel before so i don't know what any of it is. so if somebody
could help me i would be forever greatful.
google for Excel tutorial + beginners. LOTS of hits.
Here's just one:

http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/

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