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The structure of a worksheet or workbook

The structure of a worksheet or workbook - Microsoft Excel Tutorial

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The structure of a worksheet or workbook

In Excel the term "workbook" and the term "file" mean the same thing. We are currently looking at a workbook called "01-Getting Started" and you see that name at the top of the screen. If you're working with a brand-new workbook, you'll see a name like Book 1 or Book 2 perhaps, at the top of the screen. We use those terms workbook and file interchangeably, as we work with Excel. Every workbook is comprised of at least one worksheet. At the bottom of the screen, we see a sheet tab, maybe one, two, three, perhaps many. You can add sheets, you can delete sheets, you can change their name, you can move them left and right. Every worksheet has the same general characteristics. For example, as I use the mouse here to click on the sheet called, 2013 HOME products revenue, we see column letters across the top, row numbers down the left-hand side. A worksheet is comprised of columns and rows, and we never want to use the two terms interchangeably. Rows are horizontal, columns are vertical. If…

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