The cell or cells displayed with the heavy border around it It is an indictor that the cell or cells are selected and will be affected by any changes made by the user
The active cell contains the insertion point and is identified by a dark border around the cell Its address is shown in the formula bar Any action you perform is performed on the active cell
The cell in which you are currently working Will have a darker border around it and it's reference will be in the name box
The worksheet cell with a dark border; text or numbers you type appear in this cell and in the formula bar
When using a spreadsheet, the cell you are working on is known as the active cell The active cell usually has a dark border
A cell that is available for use by the OS This implies that the cell's processors, memory and I/O (if the cell is attached to an I/O chassis) are all available for use by the OS An active cell is: A slot that is present and populated Power enabled Assigned to a partition Has been released from boot is blocked