Spreadsheet terms

Updated: 03/10/2024 by Computer Hope

Spreadsheet terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 90 terms like CSV, Excel, workbook, and active cell. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'F' to find terms like 'formula' in the 'F' section.

Top spreadsheet terms
Formula in Microsoft Excel

Spreadsheet
Dollar sign
Tab
Enter
Data
Excel
Arrow keys
Column
Delimiter
Workbook

Number

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A
Autosum function drop-down menu in Microsoft Excel

Absolute cell reference
Accounting
Active cell
Alignment
Area chart
Arrow keys
AutoSum
Average

B

Bar chart
Border

C
CSV file

Calc
Cell
Cell name
Cell pointer
Cell reference
Cell style
Chart
Colon
Column
Column chart
Column header
Column separator
Concatenate
COUNT
COUNTA
COUNTIF
CSV
Currency
Custom

D

Data
Data point
Date
Delete
Delimiter
Dollar sign

E

Enter
Equals sign
Equation
Excel
Excel sparklines

F

Fill
Fill handle
Filter
FIND
Formula
Formula bar
Fraction
Freeze Panes
Function

G

General
Gnumeric
Google Sheets
Grid
Grid lines
Gridlines

H

HLOOKUP
Horizontal

I

IF
INDIRECT
iWork

J

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K

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L

Label
Landscape mode
Legend
LibreOffice
Line chart
Lookup
Lotus 1-2-3

M

MAX
MEDIAN
MID
MIN
Multiplan

N

Name box
Number
Numeric
Numerical

O

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P

Parenthesis
Percent
Pie chart
Pivot table
Point chart
Portrait mode
Print area
PRODUCT
Productivity tools

Q

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R

RAND
RANDBETWEEN
Range
Reference
Relative cell reference
RIGHT
ROUND
Row
Row header
Row separator

S

Scatter chart
Scientific
Scientific notation
Selected cell
Sheet
Sheet tab
Sort
Sparklines
Special
Spreadsheet
StarOffice
SUM
SUMIF
Symmetric data
Symmetry

T

Tab
Table header
Tabular
Text
Time
TODAY
Trendline
TRIM
TSV

U

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V

Value
Vertical
VisiCalc
VLOOKUP

W

What-if evaluation
Workbook
Worksheet
Wrap text

X

Xls

Y

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Z

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