A command that enables you to select one or more rows or columns and lock them in place.


A command that enables you to select one or more rows or columns and lock them in place.

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3-D The shortened term for three-dimensional, which refers to an image that appears to have all three spatial dimensions—length, width, and depth.
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A

Absolute cell reference A cell refers to a cell by its fixed position in the worksheet; an absolute cell reference remains the same when the formula is copied.
Arguments The values that an Excel function uses to perform calculations or operations.
AVERAGE function An Excel function that adds a group of values and then divides the result by the number of values in the group.
Axis A line that serves as a frame of reference for measurement; it borders the chart plot area.
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B

Bevel A shape effect that uses shading and shadows to make the edges of a shape appear to be curved or angled.
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C

Category axis The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data ; also referred to as the x-axis.
Chart area The entire chart and all of its elements.
Chart sheet A workbook sheet that contains only a chart.
Comparison operator A symbol that evaluates each value to determine if it is the same (=), greater than (>), less than (<), or in between a range of values as specified by the criteria.
Conditional format A format that changes the appearance of a cell—for example, by adding cell shading or font color—based on a condition; if the condition is true, the cell is formatted based on that condition; if the condition is false, the cell is not formatted.
COUNTIF function A statistical function that counts the number of cells within a range that meets the given condition; it has two arguments—the range of cells to check and the criteria.
Criteria (Excel) Conditions that you specify in a logical function.
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D

Data bar A cell format consisting of a shaded bar that provides a visual cue to the reader about the value of a cell relative to other cells; the length of the bar represents the value in the cell—a longer bar represents a higher value and a shorter bar represents a lower value.
Data marker A column, a bar, an area, a dot, a pie slice, or another symbol in a chart that represents a single data point; related data points form a data series.
Data point A value that originates in a worksheet cell and that is represented in a chart by a data marker.
Data series Related data points represented by data markers; each data series has a unique color or pattern represented in the chart legend.
Drag and drop The action of moving a selection by dragging it to a new location.
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E

Excel table A series of rows and columns that contains related data that is managed independently from the data in other rows and columns in the worksheet.
Explode The action of pulling out one or more slices of a pie chart to emphasize a specific slice or slices.
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Filter The process of displaying only a portion of the data based on matching a specific value to show only the data that meets the criteria that you specify.
Find and Replace (Excel) A command that searches the cells in a worksheet—or in a selected range—for matches and then replaces each match with a replacement value of your choice.
FreezePanes A command that enables you to select one or more rows or columns and freeze (lock) them into place; the locked rows and columns become separate panes.
Function A predefined formula—a formula that Excel has already built for you—that performs calculations by using specific values in a particular order or structure.
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I

IF function A function that uses a logical test to check whether a condition is met and then returns one value if true and another value if false.
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L

Legend A chart element that identifies the patterns or colors assigned to the categories in the chart.
Line chart A chart type that displays trends over time; time displays along the bottom axis and the data point values connect with a line.
Logical functions A group of functions that test for specific conditions and that typically use conditional tests to determine whether specified conditions are true or false.
Logical test Any value or expression that can be evaluated as being true or false.
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M

Major unit The value in a chart’s value axis that determines the spacing between tick marks, and thus between the gridlines in the plot area.
MAX function An Excel function that determines the largest value in a selected range of values.
MEDIAN function An Excel function that finds the middle value that has as many values above it in the group as are below it; it differs from AVERAGE in that the result is not affected as much by a single value that is greatly different from the others.
MIN function An Excel function that determines the smallest value in a selected range of values.
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N

Navigate The process of moving within a worksheet or workbook.
NOW function An Excel function that retrieves the date and time from your computer’s calendar and clock and inserts the information into the selected cell.
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O

OneNote A Microsoft application with which you can create a digital notebook that gives you a single location where you can gather and organize information in the form of notes.
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P

Pane (Excel) A portion of a worksheet window bounded by and separated from other portions by vertical and horizontal bars.
Pie chart A chart that shows the relationship of each part to a whole.
Plot area The area bounded by the axes, including all the data series.
Print Titles An Excel command that enables you to specify rows and columns to repeat on each printed page.
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R

Relative cell reference In a formula, the address of a cell based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell referred to in the formula.
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S

Scale to Fit Excel commands that enable you to stretch or shrink the width, height, or both of printed output to fit a maximum number of pages.
Secure environment A system that uses controlled servers to ensure the security and privacy of email, to control the storage and use of information, and to protect against the loss of confidential data.
Servers Computers that provide services on a network such as an email server or a file server.
Sheet tabs The labels along the lower border of the workbook window that identify each worksheet.
Sort The process of arranging data in a specific order based on the value in each field.
Statistical functions Excel functions, including the AVERAGE, MEDIAN, MIN, and MAX functions, which are useful to analyze a group of measurements.
SUM function A predefined formula that adds all the numbers in a selected range of cells.
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T

Tick marks The short lines that display on an axis at regular intervals.
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V

Value axis The area along the left side of a chart that shows the range of numbers for the data points; also referred to as the y-axis.
Volatile A term used to describe an Excel function that is subject to change each time the workbook is reopened; for example, the NOW function updates itself to the current date and time each time the workbook is opened.
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X

x-axis Another name for the horizontal (category) axis.
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Y

y-axis Another name for the vertical (value) axis.
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Which of the following commands locks rows or columns in view?

On the View tab, select the Freeze Panes command, then choose Freeze Panes from the drop-down menu. The rows will be frozen in place, as indicated by the gray line. You can scroll down the worksheet while continuing to view the frozen rows at the top.

What is the Excel function that adds a group of values and then divides the result by the number of values in the group?

Average Function: an excel function that adds a group of values, and then divides the result by the number of values in the group.

What is a predefined formula that performs calculations by using specific values in a particular order or structure in Excel?

A function is a predefined formula that performs calculations using specific values in a particular order. All spreadsheet programs include common functions that can be used for quickly finding the sum, average, count, maximum value, and minimum value for a range of cells.

What is the formatting that changes the appearance of a cell or range when one or more conditions are true?

Conditional formatting makes it easy to highlight certain values or make particular cells easy to identify. This changes the appearance of a cell range based on a condition (or criteria). You can use conditional formatting to highlight cells that contain values which meet a certain condition.