in the spreadsheet vs on the spreadsheet

Both 'in the spreadsheet' and 'on the spreadsheet' are used in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'In the spreadsheet' is used when referring to data or information contained within the spreadsheet. 'On the spreadsheet' is used in the same way and can also be used when referring to something physically placed on top of the spreadsheet.

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in the spreadsheet

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to data or information contained within the spreadsheet.

Use 'in the spreadsheet' when referring to data or information contained within the spreadsheet itself. For example, 'The sales figures are in the spreadsheet.'

Examples:

The data is stored in the spreadsheet.
You can find the information in the spreadsheet.
The formulas are all in the spreadsheet.
The analysis is done in the spreadsheet.
The details are recorded in the spreadsheet.

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The following parameters shall be included in the spreadsheet.
I don't think there's a column in the spreadsheet under restoration of planetary harmony.
(a) and (b): Data only to be transmitted until 1 July 2005 in the spreadsheet format mentioned under Article 5 of this Regulation.
You can select a single cell or a rectangular area of cells in the spreadsheet. The selected cell(s) are displayed with a thick black border.
According to the Norwegian authorities, this route has for several years been funded by the municipality of Arendal and should not have been reported in the spreadsheets.
That said, according to the Norwegian authorities, with the exception of Nettbuss Sr AS, all other transport operators have been reporting only public service productions and income in the spreadsheets for receiving the compensation under the ALFA-method.
Member States shall return the spreadsheet in an electronic format to the Commission by 30 June of the year in question.
The Norwegian authorities also submitted that such errors and deviations in the production spreadsheets of Nettbuss Sr AS had economic impacts until the contract with the company expired on 31 December 2014.
An example could be tenders presented in the form of a spreadsheet.
The list shall be provided in the form of a spreadsheet programme enabling an automatic retrieval and processing of the abovementioned information.
Moreover, this cannot make up for the productions errors that were included in the production spreadsheets, which were used as a basis to calculate the compensation to be granted.
Consequently, all the above compensatory payments for activities that have wrongly or mistakenly been included in the production spreadsheets under the ALFA-method have not been based on the legal provisions and the administrative practice of the existing aid scheme in Aust-Agder.
Additionally, the Norwegian authorities have submitted that some public transport stretches (no examples of specific routes are provided) have been shortened without the County's approval and without having this reflected in the production spreadsheets for the granting of the compensation.
Also, as referred to above in recital 111, the commercial revenues generated have been deducted in the calculation of the compensation, as a consequence of the fact that certain commercial routes were included in the production spreadsheets for calculating the compensation.
You looked at the spreadsheets, that makes you a witness.
I'll get what I need from the spreadsheets.
Buzz once you've seen the spreadsheets.
In this case the very way the spreadsheet works is problematic. Fields for data entry are placed loosely within the spreadsheet and very often are not secure against the user's (intentional or accidental) intervention.
The spreadsheets are on Mike's computer and that's locked, so...
Specify the layout of the spreadsheet for a printout

Alternatives:

within the spreadsheet
inside the spreadsheet
contained in the spreadsheet
part of the spreadsheet
included in the spreadsheet

on the spreadsheet

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to something physically placed on top of the spreadsheet or when indicating a location on the spreadsheet.

Use 'on the spreadsheet' when referring to something physically placed on top of the spreadsheet or when indicating a location on the spreadsheet. For example, 'The total is on the spreadsheet.'