Objective Set up an Excel spreadsheet. Teachers use spreadsheets, and databases, for recording student grades, monitoring the classroom budget, and serving as treasurer for a school committee. Here is an on-line tutorial on the use of Excel .
Students use spreadsheets for keeping track of their bank accounts and for school projects.
Here is an example of a student project . If you can't discover the answer to Today's Question , see your handout. The cursor can take three different forms on a spreadsheet. Its actions are different depending on its form. It can be cross-hairs.