CALC Spreadsheet Q&A
CALC Spreadsheet Q&A
2. Mention the additional features that can be used while using the
Consolidate dialog box.
Link to source data:. If you link the data, any values modified in the
source range are automatically updated in the target range.
Consolidate by: select either Row labels or Column labels: The text in the
labels must be identical, so that rows or columns can be accurately
matched. Consolidation happens if they are the same.
Data-> Create Range : This can be used to create and give a name to the
range which can be used whenever required and repeatedly.
To create a scenario, select all the cells that provide the data for the
scenario. Choose Tools - > Scenarios.
Each scenario is named, and can be edited and formatted separately using
the Navigator option.
6. Mention the additional settings that can be used while using the
Scenarios.
Display border
Highlight the scenario in your table with a border and the color for the
border can be chosen.
Copy back
Copies the values of cells that you change into the active scenario.
Prevent changes
❖ You can only change the scenario properties if the Prevent
changes option is not selected and if the sheet is not protected.
❖ You can only edit cell values if the Prevent changes option is
selected, if the Copy back option is not selected, and if the cells
are not protected.
7. Write a short note on Navigator.
After scenarios are added to a spreadsheet, you can jump to a
particular scenario by using the Navigator, then selecting a scenario
from the list. You can also color code scenarios to make them easier to
distinguish from one another.
Tools- > Goal Seek is used for this operation. To run a goal seek, at least
one of the values for an argument must be a referenced cell or range. Goal
Seek consists of: Formula Cell in the table, Target Value : value which is
to be set and Variable cell: value which can be changed.
For example, how many more students should have scored 70% to make
the class average 80%?
How many more five stars were needed for a website to have its rating
above 9?
9. When is the tool solver used?
Tools -> Solver amounts to a more elaborate form of Goal Seek. The
difference is that the Solver deals with equations with multiple
unknown variables. It is specifically designed to minimize or maximize
the result according to a set of rules that you define. The user can set
the constraint that one of the variables or cells must not be bigger than
another variable, or not bigger than a given value.
The Goal Seek function is used Scenarios are used when you need
when there is only one result multiple "Scenarios" based on
needed and the result is based on many cells changing.
one cell only changing.
Each method opens the Insert Sheet dialog. Here you can choose to put
the new sheet before or after the selected sheet and how many sheets to
insert.
On the Insert Sheet dialog, you can also add a sheet from a different
spreadsheet file (for example, another Calc or Excel spreadsheet), by
choosing the From file option. Click Browse and select the file; a list of the
available sheets appears in the box. Select the sheet to import.
13. What is a cell reference? What is the purpose of using cell reference?
A cell reference refers to a cell or a range of cells on a worksheet and can
be used to find the values or data that you want a formula to calculate.
One can use a cell reference to refer to:
● Data from one or more contiguous cells on the worksheet.
● Data contained in different areas of a worksheet.
● Data on other worksheets in the same workbook
14. What are the two ways of referencing cells in other worksheets?
There are two ways to reference cells in other sheets: by entering the
formula directly using the keyboard or by using the mouse.
By using mouse:
Select the sheet and the cell where you would like to insert referencing.
Type ‘=‘ sign in the formula bar and select the sheet and the cell which
has to be referenced add any operator like add/subtract/multiply/divide
and select another sheet and cell which also needs to be referenced. (it
consists of ‘sheetname.cellreference’ e.g. ‘sheet 1’.E3)
By using keyboard:
Select the sheet and the cell where you would like to insert
referencing.Type ‘=‘ sign in the formula bar and write the
sheetname.cellreference and the operator to be used and
sheetname.cellreference of another sheet.
Absolute URLs always include the domain name of the site and the entire
path and file name for documents. If the domain name changes or moved,
then the links to the website will no longer exists.
20. Mention some of the features that are disabled in the shared worksheet.
When you open a spreadsheet that is in shared mode, you see a message
that the worksheet is in shared mode and that some features are not
available in this mode.
Features that are disabled are:
Data: sort, subtotals, consolidate
Insert: picture from file, comments, movie, chart, objects
Format: merge cell, split cells, rename sheet.
Using the different settings, you can control which changes appear on
screen. You can filter based on:
● Date – Only changes made in a certain time range are displayed.
● Author – Only changes made by a specific author are displayed. This is
especially useful if you have multiple reviewers on the worksheet.
● Range – Only changes made in a specific range of cells are displayed.
This is especially useful if you have a large spreadsheet and only want to
review a part of it.
● Comment – Searches the content of the comments and only displays
changes which have comments that match the search criteria.
● Show accepted changes – Only changes you accepted are displayed.
● Show rejected changes – Only changes you rejected are displayed.
10. OO Calc, display the change of value in which of the following for
goal seek? In the variable cell, In the dialog box, In a message
11. When you click on OK button in GoalSeek dialog box, Goal Seek
Successful Message box will appear in OO Calc,
13. You can set any kind of value like greater than, lesser than, equal or
specific value using solver. (True/False).
16. Spreadsheet software allows the user to share the workbook and
place it in the network location where several users can access.