1.3 Tour of the interface

In this lesson

Menus, toolbar, formula bar, sheet tabs, Name box, Explore, language & spreadsheet settings.

Chapters

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:20 The screen at a glance
• 00:38 File name, star and cloud
• 00:59 The menu bar
• 01:20 Search the menus
• 01:39 The toolbar
• 02:05 Sheet tabs
• 02:22 Rows, columns and cells
• 02:41 The Name box
• 03:02 The formula bar
• 03:23 Add, list and switch sheets
• 03:40 Open the settings
• 03:56 Locale
• 04:19 Time zone and language
• 04:35 Calculation settings
• 04:53 Your Turn

Your turn

Open the practice file and try the six tasks on the Your Turn tab: open the settings, read a formula, jump with the Name box, change a font size, and search the menus.

Practice files

Download Module-01-Getting-Started-with-Google-Sheets-Practice-Files.zip from the Practice resources tab and open Lesson_1_3_Practice.xlsx (folder Lesson 1.3). Upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets, or use File > Import in Google Sheets, then follow along with the video.

All data in this course is fictional US business data.