Excel Intro — Free Excel Tutorial
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Excel Intro in Excel
A spreadsheet is a grid of cells organised into columns (letters A, B, C…) and rows (numbers 1, 2, 3…). Every cell has an address like B4 (column B, row 4). You type numbers, text or dates into cells, and — the real power — formulas that calculate from other cells. Everything here works the same in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
Every formula begins with an equals sign =. `=A1+A2` adds the two cells; change A1 and the result updates automatically. This "live recalculation" is what makes spreadsheets so useful for budgets, marks, and reports — you build the logic once and reuse it with new numbers.
References come in two kinds. A relative reference (A1) shifts when you copy the formula down or across. An absolute reference ($A$1) stays locked. Mixing them ($A1 or A$1) locks only the column or only the row. Mastering $ is the single biggest step from beginner to confident spreadsheet user.
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