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Most people’s first knowledge of Excel VBA (or Visual Basic for Applications) is recording a macro. As a user performs a series of operations (e.g. opening a workbook activating a particular worksheet, copying some data, etc) Excel will faithfully record each step and create the necessary VBA code. Each time the user runs the macro, these steps are replayed exactly as they were originally recorded.
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17 Jun 2009When entering numbers into a spreadsheet, you sometimes need to ensure that the number format is consistent. For example, if the numbers in question represent prices, you may want to display a currency symbol or you may simply want to make sure that the number of decimals displayed is consistent..
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14 Jun 2009Each Excel document is called a workbook and each workbook can contain up to 255 worksheets. To navigate to a particular worksheet, click on one of the tabs displayed at the bottom of your screen.
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11 Jun 2009When entering numbers into a spreadsheet, you sometimes need to ensure that the number format is consistent. For example, if the numbers in question represent prices, you may want to display a currency symbol or you may simply want to make sure that the number of decimals displayed is consistent..
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10 Jun 2009Excel’s AutoFill facility relies on the program’s ability to recognize patterns in the values that you enter. For example, say you type “Week 1″ in a cell; you can have the program automatically enter “Week 2″, “Week 3″, etc. by dragging the AutoFill handle. This is situated in the bottom right of the cell. When the cursor moves over it, the cursor changes appearance to a plus sign (+). At this point you simply click, hold, drag in any direction and Excel will pick up the pattern and reproduce it to create automatic data entries.
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7 Jun 2009When you’ve taken the plunge and upgraded to Excel 2007, you will almost certainly benefit from some training. Which type of training you choose depends on your existing experience in using the program. However, in general, the ideal course will first of all rid you of the disorientation most Excel users feel when faced with the Excel 2007 interface. In addition, your Excel 2007 training course should show you how to make the most of the new features version 2007 has to offer.
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1 Jun 2009When working in Microsoft Excel, it is probable that you will sometimes need to open more than one workbook at a time. Excel allows you to do this and to display and navigate between the workbooks.
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10 Apr 2009Excel’s page formatting features are accessed by clicking on the page layout tab of the Excel ribbon. When working with page formatting, you may also find it useful to enter page layout mode by clicking on the page layout button in the status bar. Adjust the zoom as required and you now have a constantly updated preview of how your document will look when it prints out.
Excel allows you to change the order of worksheets within a workbook at any time. There are two ways of achieving this, the first of which is simply to drag the tabs representing each worksheet left or right. As well dragging individual tabs, it is also possible to highlight several tabs and drag them all at the same time.
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2 Apr 2009A good many of the worksheets that are created Excel contain headings in the top row of the sheet. Normally, whenever we scroll down the sheet, any headings at the top will disappear. Similarly, if one scrolls to the right, any headings on the left will disappear. Excel’s Freeze Panes command, which is located in the View Tab of the Excel Ribbon, allows you to freeze our headings so that, as we scroll the sheet, headings remain in view.