DATABASE is any collection of data, or information, that is specially organized for

rapid search and retrieval by a computer.

SPREADSHEET- a type of software program that is used to organize, store and
manipulate data in a tabular format.
USES OF SPREADSHEETS :

Data analysis, Personal finance, Project management

Types: Financial spreadsheets, Statistical spreadsheets, Database spreadsheets

DATABASE SPREADSHEET- Database spreadsheets are used for organizing

and managing large amounts of data, such as customer information or
inventory lists. A database spreadsheet might include a list of customers, with
columns for their name, address, phone number, and other information, and
formulas to calculate the total number of customers or the average age of
customers.

FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE-Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc

FILE FORMAT - XML in Excel
FORMULAE must always start with the equal symbol(=)
-The equals symbol is important as it lets the software know you are about to enter a formula.
If you want to duplicate information from cell to cell: Click and drag the fill handle
over the cells you want the duplicate data or series to fill.
WRAP TEXT-is an option which can be applied to cells in order to resize a cell to
fit the text inside
ALIGNMENT is the of changing the horizontal or vertical position of the text
CHARTS AND GRAPHS are way of making the data in a spreadsheet easier to
understand because it presents the data in a more visual way.
HEADER-top margin of a page
FOOTER- The bottom margin of a page
FOOTNOTES- Footnotes are notes placed at the bottom of the page in a piece of
academic writing and indicated in the text with superscript numbers (or sometimes
letters or other symbols).
FUNCTIONS- predefined formulas in Excel that perform calculations using the
values supplied in their arguments.
CELL- A cell is the intersection where a row and a column meet on a spreadsheet
that starts with cell A1.
CELL ADDRESS - A cell reference, also renowned as a cell address, is a scalar
quantity that is used in a worksheet to identify a single cell.

CELL ADDRESS FUNCTION:

Syntax
=ADDRESS(row_number, column_number, [abs_number], [a1], [sheet_text])

BASIC FORMULAS

=A1+A2 adds the values in cells A1 and A2.

=A1-A2 subtracts the value in A2 from A1.
=A1*A2 multiplies the values in A1 and A2.
=A1/A2 divides the value in A1 by A2.

All Excel formulas begin with an equal sign (=).

After the equal symbol, you enter either a calculation or function. For
example, to add up values in cells B1 through B5, you can either:
Type the entire equation: =B1+B2+B3+B4+B5
Use the SUM function: =SUM(B1:B5)
Press the Enter key to complete the formula. Done!

BASIC SPREADSHEET TASKS

APPLYING CELL BORDERS

Select the cell or range of cells that you want to add a border to.

On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow next to Borders, and
then click the border style that you want
APPLYING A FORMAT NUMBER
To distinguish between different types of numbers, add a format, like
currency, percentages, or dates.

Select the cells that have numbers you want to format.

Click the Home tab, and then click the arrow in the General box.

Pick a number format.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

F5 - The F5 function key lets you go to a specific cell. For example, you
could press F5, type "n9" and press Enter to go to cell N9.
Tab - Press Tab moves one cell to the right.
Shift+Tab - Move one cell to the left.
Home - Move to the first cell in the row.
Ctrl+Home - Go to the first cell in the spreadsheet (A1).
Ctrl+End - Go to the last cell with data in the worksheet.

SAVE allows us to update the last saved version so that it will match with the
current working version and that last saved work will be updated with the new
work.
SAVE AS allows us to save our work for the first time and also it will ask for in what
name it will be saved and where it will be saved.
OPEN every time you start Word, you’ll see a list of your most recently used
documents in the left column, click on the document to open.
RECENT DOCUMENT- When word has been opened, windows will show some
other features along with 10 recent documents under the recent section, this is a list
of documents that you’ve recently opened.

THE CUT COMMAND copies the selected data to the clipboard, but it also deletes
it from its origin. It is used to move the data. CTRL+X
THE COPY COMMAND creates a duplicate of a piece of data in a storage area in
Windows called clipboard. CTRL+C
THE PASTE COMMAND inserts the data from the clipboard in the place where you
use this command. CTRL+V