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Chapter 1
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Navigating in Excel and Understanding the Interface
FIGURE 1.2 Sheet tabs allow you to quickly move from sheet to sheet.
When you have a large number of sheets, a quick way to move from one to
another is to right-click the tab scrolling buttons and pick the sheet you want
from the list that pops up.
Workbooks also include both vertical and horizontal scrollbars so you can get to all parts
of the sheet when it is too large to be displayed completely on your screen.
Worksheet Components
Excel worksheets are organized in columns and rows. The columns are vertical and are labeled
at the top with letters. The rows run horizontally across the sheet and are labeled on the left
end with numbers. The individual boxes on the sheet are called cells, and they are named with
a cell address, according to the column and row intersection where they appear. For example,
if you move across to column C, then move down to row 6, that cell address would be C6, sim-
ilar to the way towns are listed in the key on a road map. To see the address of any cell, click
that cell with your mouse pointer, then look at the Name box next to the Formula bar and see
it displayed there (see Figure 1.3).
Tab Scrolling Buttons Horizontal Scrollbar Vertical ScrollbarSheet Tabs
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