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Introduction

What is a Spreadsheet?

In the past, financial records for any type of business or other organization were

always kept by hand in bound form, hence the term “keeping the books”. A sales

ledger, for instance, might be laid out as a graph, with the months of the year across

the top, and the names

of

sales personnel or merchandise down the left column. This

type of accounting tool had another name; it was called a “Spreadsheet”.

Jam.

Feb.

Mar.

June

Ju^

Aug.

Sept.

TOTAL

A)Housebold Items

Mfstg^ge/Rmt

1,000

1,000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1.000

1,000

1,000

12.000

Heat/Watcr

no

no

100

80

70

70

60

60

60

960

Gas & Electiic,

35

35

35

30

25

25

25

25

30

350

Phone

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

^_______

420

Even with an electronic calculator, bookkeeping is still a difficult task, especially when
revisions or corrections are to be made. This is the major advantage of the electronic

spreadsheet—^the ability to make changes and corrections at any time, and have all
the calculations made for you, quickly and easily. The Brother Spreadsheet combines
for you the ease of the electronic calculator and the convenience of an electronic
spreadsheet, all packed into the word processor you use everyday!

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