

Preknowledge Before beginning this module, we recommend that a learner be Spreadsheets can be useful in a variety of contexts, e.g., as a calculator, to analyse business data, to track personal finances, or to create charts for visual interpretation of data. The spreadsheet computer application is designed to enable you to model and observe the relationships among the data contained in the rows and columns. In most situations, spreadsheets are used for manipulating numeric data.

Each cell can contain a piece of information, for example: Calc is similar to Microsoft Excel and you can save your Calc spreadsheets in Excel for sending to Microsoft users, if needed.īut, what is a spreadsheet, you ask? A spreadsheet is a table of rows and columns, creating a grid of cells. In this tutorial you will learn how to develop, work with and manipulate spreadsheets using the computer application Calc, one of five applications available in 3. Screenshot of first spreadsheet application, Visicalc, running on an Apple II computer
