Spreadsheet+L+1

Start by opening a new blank workbook in your spreadsheet application. The first thing that you will notice that this sheet or workbook is made up of several horizontal and vertical lines different lines. These lines make up __vertical columns__, and __horizontal rows__. The image at the right show the "A" column has been selected. You select a column by clicking on the letter "A". Go back to your spread sheet, and select the "A" column so that its looks like the image on the right. To insert a column before column C, select column C, then click Insert on the pull down menu, and then click Insert cells.
 * You should see something that looks similar to the following: || [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module11/images/ip10ss1.GIF width="422" height="409" caption="An example of a spreadsheet"]] ||

The image to the left shows an example of the selected row 3. Go back to your spread sheet and select row 3 by clicking on the number 3. To insert a row before row 3, select row three, then click Insert on the pull down menu, and then click Insert cells. ||
 * [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/info10/module11/images/ip10ss2.gif width="400" height="189"]] ||

Just like each of the little students in the school, each of the little squares (or __cells__) on a spread sheet has a name. If you examine the image at the right of the page, you will see that I have named provided names for three of the cells. You name a cell by looking at the column it is in, and the row it is in. (Always column then row example C42 not 42C) You can move between cells by tabbing over, and pressing return, or by using your arrow keys. The Formula Bar is circled in green on the image at the right. You can enter data into a cell in two methods you can click on the cell itself, and type the data in, or you can click on the cell once, then click on the formula bar and input the information up there. When you press return, your data will be entered into the cell. || ||