ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces some basic parts of Excel for users who may have never opened the tool or made a graph. The spreadsheet itself—called “worksheets” in Excel parlance—takes up the main area of the view and consists of rows and columns, with the intersections called cells. Rows are numbered in Excel, and their default height depends on the computer’s monitor and resolution—rows on my Windows Surface Pro have a default height of 38 pixels, while rows on my MacBook Pro have a default height of 16 pixels. The drop-down menu on the far left in the Current Selection area lists all of the elements in our chart, including axes, gridlines, and the data. The button with the grid is the Borders area of the tab, which allows us to add borders around cells. The color and thickness of the border can be controlled at the bottom of that menu.
