In Excel, each individual rectangle is called a cell. Each cell is the intersection of a vertical column (labeled with letters) and a horizontal row (labeled with numbers).

We refer to a cell by its letter and number. A cell in column A and row 3 would be called A3. We call this a cell reference.

Click on cell B2 to continue.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
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2
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