Cell

A cell in Excel is a rectangular box, one of which is found at the intersection of each row and column on every worksheet. A cell’s purpose is to display a value which can either be derived from a formula or a literal value. One cell can be distinguished from another through either its coordinate or name. A cell’s name or coordinate can be used in formulae to reference the value it contains. A cell can be active or inactive, change the appearance of the value it stores, validate and either accept or reject values entered into it and have its appearance altered through the application of colour, borders and font styles.

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