ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEETS OVER TYPEWRITERS

WHAT ARE ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEETS?

An electronic spreadsheet is a software with worksheets made of cells that can save, edit. format and manipulate numeric values automatically.

WHAT ARE TYPEWRITERS?

A typewriter is an analogous machine with keys for producing characters, numerals and symbols on a piece of paper.

WHAT ARE THE MERITS OF SPREADSHEETS OVER TYPEWRITERS?

1. Electronic spreadsheets have inbuilt formula and functions that enhances accuracy and efficiency. Typewrites don't
2. Electronic spreadsheets produces neat work because all editing is done on the screen before the final copy is printed.
3. Electronic spreadsheets have  inbuilt formatting features such as:
   1. change color
   2. bolding
   3. underline
   4. italics
   5. font size etc.
4. Electronic spreadsheets special editing features such as:
   1. alignment
   2. spacing
   3. spelling and grammar checkers
   4. page layout
   5. background appearance etc.
5. Electronic spreadsheets allow users to work with graphics and images to represent data.
6. Electronic spreadsheets can be transmitted from one place to another quickly and electronically
7. Electronic spreadsheets have inbuilt security and privacy measures to protect data
8. Electronic spreadsheets can be reprogrammed to meet certain demands and standards of an organization.
9. Electronic spreadsheets can be imported or exported between machines. This allows the user to share sheets in multiple software packages of the same type or different types
10. Electronic spreadsheets have special pre-edited sheets called templates that makes user's work easier.
11. Electronic spreadsheets are empowered with database features that lets the user search, sort and manipulate data easily. such as:
    1. find and select
    2. sorting
    3. filtering
    4. automatic recalculations (forecasting)
12. Electronic spreadsheets allow users to insert comments such as users instructions and help
13. Electronic spreadsheets allow users to create, save, retrieve and print worksheets

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