# WinForms Spreadsheet Overview Thank you for choosing Telerik **RadSpreadsheet**! **RadSpreadsheet** is a control that allows editing tabular data utilizing a variety of cell formatting options, styles and themes. ![WinForms RadSpreadsheet Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/919da514a93117505e9fb08f602d99f6/spreadsheet-overview001.png) > note **RadSpreadsheet** requires **.NET Framework 4.0** and cannot be used with an older version. Some of its features are: * Named Ranges * Protection: Different options available for protecting the workbook and its worksheets from modifications. * Shapes and Images: The UI enables you to work with images. [API](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/libraries/radspreadprocessing/features/shapes-and-images) for insertion, positioning and deletion of images in worksheets. * Document themes * [Freeze panes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/freeze-panes) * Create and use multiple sheets, each one with its own history stack * Selection and active cell * Scrolling - there are two scrolling modes - ItemBased and PixelBased. The first one ensures that the whole content of the top left cell is visible, the latter designed for smoother interaction * Insert and delete cells, rows and columns * Merge cells, merge cells across columns and unmerge * Resize rows and columns, auto fit * Use different cell formatting * Various fonts and font sizes * ForeColor and background color * Bold, italics and underline * Vertical and horizontal cell alignment * Text wrapping * Cell borders * Use cell styles and themes for a more consistent look. * A battery of data formatting options: * Number * Currency * Accounting * Date * Time * Percentage * Fraction * Scientific * Text * Special * Custom * Auto fill and Series - fill cells automatically with data following a specific pattern * [Data Validation](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/data-validation): Enables you to control the type of data or the values that users enter into a cell. Different data validation rules are available, including list, number, date, text length or custom rules. * A broad range of formulas in different categories: Logical, Text, Date and Time, Math and Trigonometry. **RadSpreadsheet** comes with more than 200 built-in functions. The API enables you to easily plug custom ones as well. For more information, refer to the [Formulas](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/libraries/radspreadprocessing/features/formulas/formulas) section for SpreadProcessing. * [Filtering](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/filtering) worksheet data. * [Sorting](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/sorting) the data in the worksheet. * [Find and replace data](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/libraries/radspreadprocessing/features/find-and-replace). * Copy/Paste: Add or copy worksheets within or across workbooks. Of course, copying and pasting of cells is supported as well. * Customize row/column headings. * Show/Hide grid lines and headers. * Zoom in and out each sheet separately. * Named Ranges: You can use the named ranges on workbook and worksheet levels. * [Printing](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/printing) * [Headers and Footers](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/headers-and-footers): The functionality enables you to add rich text content in the page margins when laying out a worksheet to pages. * [Selection](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/ui-working-with-selection) and active cell * [Customizing the selection appearance](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/how-to/customize-selection) * Easy integration with **RadSpreadSheetRibbonBar** * [Localization](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/localization): You can easily translate the string resources of RadSpreadsheet. ## Telerik UI for WinForms Learning Resources * [Telerik UI for WinForms Spreadsheet Homepage](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/spreadsheet.aspx) * [Get Started with the Telerik UI for WinForms Spreadsheet](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/getting-started/getting-started) * [Telerik UI for WinForms API Reference](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/api/) * [Getting Started with Telerik UI for WinForms Components](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/getting-started/first-steps) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Virtual Classroom (Training Courses for Registered Users)](https://learn.telerik.com/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17/TelerikUIforWinForms) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Forum](https://www.telerik.com/forums/winforms) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Knowledge Base](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/knowledge-base) ## Telerik UI for WinForms Additional Resources * [Telerik UI for WinForms Product Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Blog](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/desktop-winforms) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Videos](https://www.telerik.com/videos/product/winforms) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Roadmap](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/winforms/roadmap) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Pricing](https://www.telerik.com/purchase/individual/winforms.aspx) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Code Library](https://www.telerik.com/support/code-library/winforms) * [Telerik UI for WinForms Support](https://www.telerik.com/support/winforms) * [What’s New in Telerik UI for WinForms](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/winforms) ## See Also * [Getting Started](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/getting-started/getting-started) * [Spread Processing Features](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/spreadprocessing-features) * [Working with UI Selection](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/ui-working-with-selection) * [Printing](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/features/printing) * [Unsupported Features](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/spreadsheet/unsupported-features)