MS Excel 2000 - The Screen

Click on the Menus (The words "File", "Edit", "View", "Insert" etc.) to pull down a list of menu options.

Move the mouse pointer  over the Toolbar icons to see a description of each icon pop up. For example, move the pointer over the "A" icon to the right of the second row:
  
These icon descriptions are summarised at the end of this page. Note that all the functions that the icons offer are also found amongst the pull-down menus.

The Input line displays the contents of any active cell. You do not use this input line to type data in the cell. To type data in a cell you just click on the cell and type the data. The input line is used to

1. Edit cell contents once they have already been entered in the cell - click on the cell you want to edit, then click on the input line and edit as if you are using a word processor.
2. Display formulas (the cell will display the value that results from the formula). For instance if the formula is =3+4, this formula will appear in the input line, while the value resulting from that formula (7) appears in the cell.

Rows are labelled with numbers (1, 2, 3 until 65 536)
Columns are labelled alphabetically (A, B, C until Z, then starting from AA, AB, AC etc. until IV)
Sheets - there are three sheets or equal size. These can be renamed.

Summary of most important icons descriptions