Title Bar Control Buttons

Formula bar
Menu Bar
Name box
workbook

Toolbars

Status bar Keyboard Status

Parts of an Excel Window Environment

• Title Bar – shows the program name and can also displays the filename of an
open workbook when the workbook is maximized.
• Menu Bar – shows the menu list. Each menu name has its drop down menus.
• Toolbars – allows you to execute a command without opening a menu or dialog
box.
• Name Box – this is where the cell address or cell reference of the active cell can
be seen.
• Formula Bar – this is where you can type, edit cell data or enter a formula.
• Status Bar – this is where you see the processes and other operations and
functions such as auto calculate, num lock and caps lock. These are the keyboard
status.
• Control Buttons – allows you to resize the application windows.
• Workbook – this is your excel worksheet and is composed several parts. The size
of the workbook window depends on the size of the application window.
 Select All Button
Column Headings
Active Cell

Row Headings
Scroll Bars
Tab Sheets

Parts of the Excel Workbook

• Row and Column Headings – tells you of the exact location or address of an
active cell. Also helps you adjust the dimensions of the cell.
• Active Cell – the highlighted or marked cell
• Cell – formed by the intersection of the rows and columns.
• Select All button – located between the row and column headings. It
automatically highlights or selects the whole worksheet.
• Tab Sheets – shows you which worksheet you are working at the moment.
• Scroll Bars – allows you to see the worksheet area that cannot be seen.

Entering Data
• You enter the data on the worksheet through the active cell.
- an entire worksheet contains 256 columns and 65,536 rows with approximately
4,000,000 cells.

Types of Data
• Textual – letters of the alphabet
• Numeric – all kinds of numbers
• Floating – numbers with decimal places
• Formula – set of numbers and operators with arguments and references that can
be calculated and yield results
• Objects – imported objects or graphics