Page 80 - TCS ICT Book 4

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Glossary

Absolute reference: used when we want to keep a cell, a row or a column constant when
copying a formula.

Action button: built-in button shapes you can add to a presentation and set to link to
another slide, play a sound, or perform a similar action.

Autofill: a function of Excel to automatically fill in the next value in the next cell.
AutoFit: allows you to set a column’s width to fit its content automatically.

AVERAGE: calculates the average (arithmetic mean) of supplied numbers
Bar chart: uses horizontal bars to represent data.

Charts: allow you to illustrate your workbook data graphically, which makes it easy to
visualize comparisons and trends.

Column chart: uses vertical bars to represent data
COUNT: used to calculate the number of cells that contain numbers, this function ignores

the text values between the cells and only calculates numeric values.
Excel: a spreadsheet program that allows you to store, organize, and analyze information.

First line indent: the first line of a paragraph is indented more than the other lines in the
paragraph.

Fit sheet on one page: allows the worksheet to be condensed to fit onto a single page
Function: a predefined formula that performs calculations using specific values in a

particular order.
Hanging indent: when the first line is not indented while all the subsequent lines of the

paragraph are indented from the left margin of the page.
indent markers: allow you to indent paragraphs to the location you want.

Indentation: adds structure to documents by separating the information.
Kerning: the amount of space between each character that you type.

LEN: used to count the number of characters in a text string and able to count letters,
numbers, special characters, non-printable characters, and all spaces from an excel cell.

Line chart: is used for showing trends
MAX: returns the largest value from a supplied range of cells.

MIN: returns the smallest value from a supplied range of cell.
NOW: displays the current date and time.

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