Google Sheets Overview

Overview

This chapter gives an overview of Google Sheets. Google Sheets are made of two pieces, the Ribbon and the Sheet.

Have a look at the picture below. The Ribbon is marked with a red rectangle and the Sheet is marked with a yellow rectangle:

First, let's start with explaining the Ribbon.

The Ribbon explained

The Ribbon provides shortcuts to Google Sheets commands. A command is an action that allows you to make something happen. This can for example be to: insert a chart, change the font size, or to change the color of a cell.

The Ribbon is made up of the Sheets Home, Menu bar, Quick Access Toolbar, Groups and Commands. In this section we will explain the different parts of the Ribbon.

Sheets Home

The Sheets Home button takes you to Google Sheets start page where you can create new workbooks or visit your Previous workbooks.

Menu Bar

The menu bar allows you to perform different actions on your workbook.

Quick Access Toolbar

The quick access toolbar has the most popular actions from the menu.

Groups

The groups are sets of related commands on the quick access toolbar. The groups are separated by the thin vertical line break.

Commands

The commands are the buttons that you use to do actions.

Now, let's have a look at the Sheet. Soon you will be able to understand the relationship between the Ribbon and the Sheet, and you can make things happen.