Excel Vocabulary
Beth McKelvey
columns
Vertical section of worksheet
rows
• Horizontal section of worksheet
worksheet
• A single spreadsheet
Active cellThe cell you are currently using
gridlines
• The lines between the cells (these lines don’t print)
borders
• The black lines between the cells (these lines WILL print)
alignment
• Where the text sits in the cell
merge
• To combine cells
AutoSum
• The function in Excel that calculates the sum of a group of numbers
Preview
• To see how a printout will look (do this before you print)
Range
• A group of adjacent cells
• A1:A5• F13:F25
Adjacent
• Next to