3.1: The Purpose of Spreadsheets
Study the example spreadsheets linked below.
There are unlimited ways to use a spreadsheet. Typical uses include household budgets, sales reports, inventories, and other reports. The power of Excel is that the user totally controls the function of the spreadsheet, as well as the look and feel of the end product.
As you learn to manipulate cells and build the basic sheet, the purpose of why you are building it ought to guide every detail of your creation. Excel has the power to allow you to control almost anything you desire to accomplish your purpose.
A straightforward and plain sheet would look like this example:
Some people may prefer to add emphasis, as in this example:
Then, of course, some may go to the extreme, as in this example:
