Calc Introduction

Introduction

The term spreadsheet was derived from a large

piece of paper that accountants used for business
finances.

The accountant would spread information like

costs, payments, taxes, income, etc out on a
single, big, oversized sheet of paper to get a
complete financial overview.
A cell is the fundamental element of
a worksheet
“Delete Contents” window
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Spreadsheets act like a calculator by

automatically doing calculations.
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Spreadsheets are used for tracking personal

investments, budgeting, invoices, inventory
tracking, statistical analysis, numerical modeling,
address books, telephone books, printing labels,
etc.
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Spreadsheets are used in to calculate, graph,
analyze and store information.
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Spreadsheets are used for What-if

calculations. Change one number in a
spreadsheet and all the calculations in a large
spreadsheet will re-calculate, will automatically
change.
Main Toolbar
 the SUM function appears as
=SUM(A1:A5). The A1:A5 in the
parenthesis is called a Cell Range

A7 is the active
cell
Charts go to insert -> charts
 Freeze

Select a particular row or column

Go to window option in toolbar

Select freeze option. It would freeze the portion

above the selected row or freeze the columns
before the selected column
 Sort

It allows to arrange in asceding / descending

order

Go to data -> sort (according to column or row)