Columns, rows, and cells

Columns, rows, and cells

Worksheets are divided into “columns” “rows” and “cells”.

That’s the grid you see when you open up a workbook.

Columns, rows, and cells

1. “Columns” go from top to bottom on the worksheet, vertically. Each “column” has an alphabetical heading at the top.
2. “Rows” go across the worksheet, horizontally. Each row also has a heading. “Row “headings are numbers, from 1 through 1,048,576.

The alphabetical headings on the columns and the numerical headings on the rows tell you where you are in a “worksheet” when you click a “cell”.

The headings combine to form the cell address. For example, the cell at the intersection of column A and row 3 is called “cell” A3. This is also called the cell reference.