Whole document tree 5.2. Data entry area.Immediately above the grid of cells is the data entry area as shown in Figure 5-1. This is a small area, which contains a current cell indicator, a cancel button, a confirm button, an entry button, and an entry area for detailed editing of the cell contents. These elements are explained individually below. 5.2.1. Current Cell Indicator.On the far left of the Data Entry area is the current cell indicator area. This area is shown in Figure 5-2 The cell indicator will show the address for the cell at the top left of the selected region. This address is listed in the standard column:row notation. The alphabetic part indicates the the column of this top leftmost cell and the numeric part indicates the row of this top left cell. For instance, the cell which is over three columns and down two rows is designated:
This designation matches the column and row headers for this cell. While a region is being selected, the current cell indicator will
change to show the size of the region which is being selected. This
information is presented in a row number by column number format. For
instance, this designation:
15R x 6C 5.2.2. The Cancel Button.The Cancel button
The most common use of this button is when overwriting the contents of a cell with new data. If the user decided to revert the change before confirming it, the cancel button is the answer. Note that this button works just like typing the escape key on the keyboard. 5.2.3. The Confirm Button.The confirm button
5.2.4. The Equals Button.The equals button
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