What is status bar in Google Sheets?
Status Bar is part of the Google Sheets interface: menus, toolbars, side panels, and view options around the grid. Knowing where a feature lives saves time more than memorizing every shortcut.
When to use it
Use menu and UI vocabulary when teaching beginners where to click or when documenting internal workflows.
When to skip it
Skip UI tours when your team already standardized on keyboard shortcuts and named ranges.
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The Explore tab is a sidebar panel that analyzes your selected data and suggests charts, pivot tables, formatting, and quick questions. Google Sheets opens it from the star icon or when you select a table range. It is a fast way to visualize patterns without writing formulas first.
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