Spreadsheet software is application software that allows you to process numeric data electronically on your PC. This includes preparing budgets, income statements, cash flow and time management, checkbook reconciliation and "what if" analyses.

The spreadsheet software gives you the power to create, edit, format and print a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet is a rectangular grid of vertical columns named A, B, C, etc., and horizontal rows, named 1, 2, 3, etc. The intersection of a column and a row is called a cell.

Each cell in a spreadsheet has a unique cell address to identify its location. This address is composed of the column letter followed by the row number. For example, the cell address for the intersection of column A and row 1 is A1. Data is stored in cells.