Hi! Penny here. Are you new to Spreadsheets? Yes?Either way, here is some useful information which will help you along the way!

Pay close attention! There may be a quiz later on!

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So… Firstly lets answer some questions:

What is a Spread sheet?A Spread sheet is a tool used to organise

information.

What are they used for?They are used to make difficult calculations quick and easy. They can also store lots of

information for a range of purposes.

Lets look at some key words.

CellThis is where we insert information and formulas.

AutoSumThis is a tool used to add many items together quickly.

Microsoft ExcelThe software we will be using to create our Spreadsheet.

ChartA tool used to display the information in a Spreadsheet using a graph.

SortA tool used to display information in a certain order.

SumThe total of a range of cells.

ColumnThe vertical display of cells in the Spreadsheet.

RowThe horizontal display of cells in the Spreadsheet.

AverageThe name given to the formula which calculates the average of an amount of cells.

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Inside the Spread Sheet.Each cell has a name, or reference, so that we can identify it easily.

The name shows the position of the cell, they are written like they the co-ordinates on a map.

Just like co-ordinates we read the X axis first then the Y axis.

!Remember! The X axis is across (a x) The Y axis is down

This cell is called A1 because it is in column A row 1

Can you guess this one?I will give you 5 seconds!

Its E10

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FormulaeWe use formulae to help up complete calculations quickly but most of all correctly.

So first we need to enter the data into our spread sheet for it to be able to calculate values.

To do this we simply click on a cell and type in it!

So lets learn some formulae!Any formulae start with =!THIS MUST GO FIRST!

You also need to know the symbols to perform the calculations. These are displayed in this table:

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Example

This is Mrs Browns shopping list. She bought some bread and some milk. She has inputted the data into the spreadsheet and wants to know how much she spent.

So the formula for this is =C3+C4Because we are adding the price of the Bread, cell C3, with the price of the Milk, cell C4.

As you can see, the calculation is correct and Mrs Brown spent £2.30.

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Adding More than 2 Items

Mrs Brown has been shopping again. She has bought lots of items this time and wants to know the cost.

So… Instead of writing =C3+C4+C5+C6+C7+C8+C9+C10+C11We can simply highlight all of the items, and the box where we want to display the total and click this button.

This is autosum. It is located in your tool bar.

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Using other Formulae!

We do the same for all of the other operators. For instance:

Multiplication=G1*G7

Division=F6/F3

Subtraction=T4-T3-T2-T1

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In this unit of work myself and Pip will be looking at surveys and how we can use spreadsheet to put our results into graphs!

To create a graph we use this button:

Which can be found on your tool bar.

Now time for the quiz.

GOOD LUCK!