Cell Facts
- Data is stored in cells in a Microsoft Works spreadsheet.
- Each small rectangle in a Works spreadsheet is a cell.
- A cell is the intersection point of a column and a row in a spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet Facts
- Columns run vertically in a spreadsheet and are identified by a letter.
- Rows run horizontally and are identified by a number.
- There are 16,384 rows, over 200 columns, and almost 4 million cells in each Works spreadsheet.
Cell Reference Facts
- To keep track of all these cells, each cell has a cell reference or address.
- A cell reference is a combination of the column letter and the row number.
- The active cell reference is shown in the name box above column A.


