XPE is a spreadsheet and all Microsoft Excel functionality is fully retained in the user tab. XPE has additional functionality oriented towards ease of use. Drop-down menus and the comment-enabled cells are helpful features to guide you. Comment enabled cells have red corners, hovering over them reveals more information about the cell as shown in the following figure:
Figure 1. Comment Enabled Cells
The XPE spreadsheet also includes various wizards to help you to quickly enter the important configuration parameters. The wizards automatically configure the related I/O, Logic, block RAM, Transceiver and other sheets to help estimate the power accurately.