What-is-ms-excel ?

Hello friend ! Today we will learn about what is ms-excel and it's use. and also read about  what is the definition of ms Excel . so let's start the first lesson of MS-Excel .

Ms-Excel most important Question and answer 

1) What is Microsoft Excel?

Microsoft Excel (MS-Excel) is an electronic spreadsheet application that enables users to store, organize, calculate and manipulate the data with formulas using a spreadsheet system broken up by rows and columns. It is  also provides the flexibility to use an external database to do analysis, make reports, etc. thus saving lots of time.

2) What is ribbon?

Ribbon refers to the topmost area of the application that contains menu items and toolbars available in MS-Excel. Ribbon can be shown/hidden using CTRL+F1. The ribbon bar runs on the top of the application and is the replacement for the toolbars and menus. The ribbons bars  have various tabs on the top, and each tab has its own group of commands.

3) Explain Spreadsheet and its Basics.

Spreadsheet can also  be compared to a paper ledger sheet. It consists of rows and columns and their intersection called cells.

 Q 4) How many data formats available in Excel? Name some of them.

Various Data formats are available in Microsoft Excel for data Storage. Example:

• First is :-  Number – Stores data as a number
•  Second is :- Currency – Stores data in the form of currency
• Thirld is :- Date – Data is stored as dates
• Fourth IS :- Percentage – Stores numbers as a percentage
• Fifth is - Text Formats – Stores data as string of texts
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5) Defined the order of operations used for evaluating formulas in Excel.

The order of operations in(MS Excel) Microsoft Excel is same as in standard mathematics. It's defined by the term "PEMDAS" or "BEDMAS".

• Parentheses or Brackets
• Exponent
• Multiplication
• Division
• Addition
• Subtraction
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6) How we  can you wrap the text within a cell?

You must select the text that  you want to wrap, and then click wrap text from the home tab and you can wrap the text within a cell.

7) Explain Macro in MS-Excel.

Macros in MS-Excel  are used for iterating over a group of tasks. Users can create macros in MS-Excel for their customized repetitive functions and instructions. Macros in Ms Excel can be either written or recorded depending on the user.

8)Which are the two macro languages in MS-Excel?

XLM and VBA (Visual Basic Applications). Earlier versions of Excel used XLM. VBA Visual Basic Applications) was introduced in Excel 5 and mostly used now.

9) Is it possible to prevent(keep secure your worksheet from some one) someone from copying the cell from your worksheet?

Yes, it is possible. To protect your worksheet in MS-Excel  from getting copied, you need to go into Menu bar >Review > Protect Sheet > Password. By entering a password, you can secure your sheet from getting copied by others.

10) What are charts in MS-Excel?

For enable graphical representation of the data in Excel, charts are provided. A user can be  use any chart type, including column, bar, line, pie, scatter, etc. selecting an option from Insert tab's Chart group.

11) How we  can sum up the Rows and Column number quickly in the Excel sheet?

By using SUM function, we  can get the total sum of the rows and columns, in an Excel worksheet.

12) Explain few useful functions in Excel.

These are the functions available in Excel for manipulating the data:

• Financial Math and  Functions – SQRT, DEGREE, RAND(), GCD
• Logical Functions – IF, AND, FALSE, TRUE
•  Time  and  Date functions – NOW(), DATEVALUE(), WEEKDAY(NOW())
• Index Match – VLOOKUP and INDEX MATCH
• Pivot tables
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13) What a red triangle at the top right of a cell indicate?

The red triangle are indicates that some comment is associated with the cell. Hover the mouse over it, and you can read the full comment.

14) How we can add a new Excel worksheet?

For add a new Excel worksheet, you should insert worksheet tab at the bottom of the screen.

15) What’s the use of Name Box in MS-Excel?

Name Box in MS-Excel is used return to a particular area of the worksheet by typing the range name or cell address in the name box.

16) How can you resize the column?

For resize the column, you should change the width of one column and then drag the boundary on the right side of the column heading till the width you want. Another way of doing it is to select the Format from the home tab, and in Format you have to select AUTOFIT COLUMN WIDTH under cell section. On clicking this, the cell size will get formatted.

17) Explain pivot tables and its uses.

The pivot table is a tool that allows for quick summarization of large data. This automatically performs a sort, count, total or average of the data stored in the spreadsheet and displays result in another spreadsheet. It saves a lot of time. Allows for link external data sources to our Excel.

18) What are the three report formats that are available in Excel?

Following are the types of report formats

• Compact
• Report
• Tabular

19) How would we provide a Dynamic range in "Data Source" of Pivot Tables?

Ans .To provide a dynamic range in "Data Source" of Pivot tables, first, create a named range using offset function and base the pivot table using a named range created in the first step.

20) it is possible to make Pivot table using multiple sources of data?

If MS-Excel has multiple sources are different worksheets, from the same workbook, then it is possible to make Pivot table using multiple sources of data.