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Lesson 25: Excel Vocabulary (Important English Terms)

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What You Will Learn

• 1. Data
• 2. Entry
• 3. Cell
• 4. Column
• 5. Row
• 6. Range
• 7. Reference
• 8. Formula
• 9. Sheet
• 10. Workbook
• 11–16. More Important Terms
• Office Context Summary

Excel is often called a "Smart Register." But this smart register has its own language — its own vocabulary. If you understand these 10–12 essential words, Excel will become much easier for you.

1. Data

Data means Information. Everything you type in Excel — whether it is someone's name, a phone number, or an expense record — is called Data.

📌 In an office, people will say: "Enter this data into Excel."

2. Entry

Typing something into a cell in Excel is called making an Entry.

📌 "Make a new entry" means — type a new name, number, or piece of information.

3. Cell

Every small box in Excel where you type data is called a Cell.

• • Simply put: Cell = one box in Excel
• • A cell is identified by a Column letter and a Row number

Example: In A1 — A is the column name and 1 is the row number.

4. Column

A vertical line (running top to bottom) is called a Column. Columns are identified by letters in Excel.

Example: A, B, C, D

📌 In an office: "Type the names in Column A."

5. Row

A horizontal line (running left to right) is called a Row. Rows are identified by numbers in Excel.

Example: 1, 2, 3, 4

📌 In an office: "Add the new data in Row 5."

6. Range

A group of more than one cell is called a Range. When you select multiple boxes at once, that selection is called a Range.

Example: A1:A10 — the entire group from Cell A1 to A10.

7. Reference

The address of a cell is called a Cell Reference.

Example: A1, B2, C3

8. Formula

A Formula is used in Excel to perform calculations — addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Every formula in Excel starts with an = (equal sign).

Example: =10+20 — Excel will automatically show the result as 30.

9. Sheet

One page inside an Excel file is called a Sheet. You can have many sheets inside a single file.

Example: January sheet, February sheet, and so on.

10. Workbook

The entire Excel file is called a Workbook.

🗂️ Workbook = The entire Excel file
📄 Sheet = One page inside that file

📌 Remember the 3 most important terms in Excel: Cell, Row, and Column. The entire Excel table is built from just these three things.

11–16. More Important Terms

11. Format — Making your data look good — adding colours, changing font size, or styling the text — is called Formatting.

12. Header / Heading — The first line of a table that tells you what is written below. For example: Name, Date, Salary.

13. Sort — Arranging data in a sequence — such as A to Z or 1 to 100.

14. Filter — Finding specific information from a large dataset — for example, showing only Delhi-based employees from a list of 1,000 people.

15. Alignment — Setting the position of text inside a cell: Left, Right, or Centre.

16. Error — A mistake in a formula or data. For example: #VALUE! or #REF!

Office Context Summary

English Term	Meaning in an Office
Input	Entering something into the computer (typing)
Output	The result shown on screen or printed
Save	Keeping your work safe
Total / Sum	Adding everything together

Today's Practice: Write these terms in a notebook and read them 2–3 times. It is important to have them in your memory — so that when the next lesson says "Format the table" or "Check the Cell Reference," you understand immediately.

What You Learned in This Lesson:

• The meaning of 16 essential Excel vocabulary words
• The difference between Cell, Row and Column
• What Range, Reference and Formula mean
• The difference between a Workbook and a Sheet
• Practical use of these terms in an office context

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