Spreadsheet bao gồm một loạt các yếu tố hữu ích cho định lượng phân tích của tất cả các loại. Về cơ bản, bảng tính là một công cụ đơn giản bao gồm một ma trận của các tế bào có thể lưu trữ số, văn bản, hoặc các công thức Spreadsheet xuất phát từ khả năng của mình để kết quả tính toán lại khi bạn thay đổi các nội dung khác các tế bào. Không còn người sử dụng cần để làm những tính toán bằng tay hoặc trên một máy tính. Thay vào đó, với một bảng tính xây đúng cách, thay. | 1 Spreadsheet Basics After studying this chapter you should be able to 1. Explain the basic purpose of a spreadsheet program. 2. Identify the various components of the Excel screen. 3. Navigate the Excel worksheet entering correcting and moving data within the worksheet . 4. Explain the purpose and usage of Excel s built-in functions and macro functions. 5. Create graphics and know how to print and save files in Excel. The term spreadsheet covers a wide variety of elements useful for quantitative analysis of all kinds. Essentially a spreadsheet is a simple tool consisting of a matrix of cells that can store numbers text or formulas. The spreadsheet s power comes from its ability to recalculate results as you change the contents of other cells. No longer does the user need to do these calculations by hand or on a calculator. Instead with a properly constructed spreadsheet changing a single number say a sales forecast can result in literally thousands of automatic changes in the model. The freedom and productivity enhancement provided by modern spreadsheets presents an unparalleled opportunity for learning financial analysis. 1 2 Spreadsheet Basics Spreadsheet Uses Spreadsheets today contain built-in analytical capabilities previously unavailable in a single package. Users often had to learn a variety of specialized software packages to do any relatively complex analysis. With the newest versions of Microsoft Excel users can perform tasks ranging from the routine maintenance of financial statements to multivariate regression analysis to Monte Carlo simulations of various hedging strategies. It is literally impossible to enumerate all of the possible applications for spreadsheets. You should keep in mind that spreadsheets are useful not only for financial analysis but for any type of quantitative analysis whether your specialty is in marketing management engineering statistics or economics. For that matter a spreadsheet can also prove valuable for personal uses. With
