An active cell in a spreadsheet can be manipulated and modified in various ways, including merging, coloring, outlining, and scaling. Cells can be programmed to handle different types of data and can be added to a spreadsheet if more space is needed. Adding color to an active cell can help distinguish it from other cells and make important information stand out. Spreadsheets can be included within documents to provide a platform for explaining the spreadsheet and making it easier for readers to understand.
An active cell is a cell in a computer spreadsheet that is selected for manipulation. It is identified by a thicker outline on the cell that was last selected by a cursor. Within spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel® and OpenOffice.org® Calc, cells contain the data that makes up the spreadsheet. When selected as the active cell, a cell can be manipulated and modified in various ways.
Versatile segments of information, cells can be modified in many ways to best fit the purpose of the spreadsheet. For appearance purposes, spreadsheets can be merged, colored, outlined, or scaled. Merging cells means that the line between them disappears and multiple cells act as a single cell. Merging cells can be useful for adding a title or section of text to a spreadsheet, or for highlighting a cell with important or final information.
A cell is the name of one of the individual boxes in a spreadsheet. To make it active, a user selects the cell with the mouse cursor. Cells can be resized and moved, and individual cells, rows of cells, or columns of cells can be added to a spreadsheet if more space is needed.
Within spreadsheets, cells can be programmed to handle different types of data, including specific types of data formatting or formulas that make automatic calculations from data entered into the spreadsheet. Active cell data formatting can be used to instruct the cell to handle data as if it were a certain data type, such as currency, percentages, fractions, and dates. This feature is especially useful when formatting a spreadsheet to create a graph.
Adding color to an active cell can help distinguish it from other cells in your spreadsheet. This can help make a special piece of information stand out when presenting the spreadsheet or sending it to other people who only need specific information about the spreadsheet. By highlighting special information with color, a spreadsheet presenter can ensure that important information is easily accessible to anyone reading the spreadsheet.
Including a spreadsheet within a document can provide a platform for explaining the spreadsheet which can make it easier for readers to understand. Many spreadsheet programs allow the user to select an active cell or groups or active cells and paste them into other programs, such as word processors. In this way, the active part of the spreadsheet can be included within a document that has text related to the spreadsheet.
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