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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

"Spread-

sheet".

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Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

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Items

Mortgage/Rent

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1.000

1.000

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110

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35

35

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25

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30

350

Phone

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420

This

is

an

efficient

system,

though,

even

with

an

electronic

calculator,

bookkeep-

ing

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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