Get your life in order, or at least your data with Custom Sort.
To get your data in just the right order, use Custom Sort. Found on the Home Menu, under Sort & Filter. (Shortcut keys Alt, H, S, U). Make sure you have selected a cell within the data you want to be sorting, otherwise Excel gives you an error message. Once you have the Custom Sort […]
Can I check the spelling in my spreadsheet?
Yes, you can spell check your Excel spreadsheet. On the Review Menu, Spelling. Shortcut keys: Alt, R, S.
Format: to get cells looking just the way you want them to.
You can Format a cell (or cells) to make then look, just as you want. To get the Format Cells option box, either, Right click(Shortcut key Shift + F10) a cell and choose Format Cells…, or go to Home Menu, Cells Section, Format drop down, and choose Format Cells (Shortcut keys Alt, H ,O, E) […]
Format: Protection Section.
In the continuing mis-named Cells section of the home menu is the Format drop down, that contains the Protection Section where you can Protect Sheet… or Lock Cell. Shortcut keys: Alt, H, O then P or L. Locking a cell only has an effect once you Protect the Sheet. By default cells are Locked. The […]
Hide and Unhide: Rows, Columns, and Sheets.
Within the Home Menu’s slightly misleading Cells section, there is the Format menu, which includes a Visibility section. Here you can Hide & Unhide, rows, columns or whole sheets. To hide the row that is currently selected, just choose Hide Rows. To hide more than one row at once, select cells in all the rows […]
Change the way you see the cell: Format Section.
The Cells section of the Home Menu, holds the Format menu. You can adjust the way the cells in the sheet look by using the Cell Size Section. Row Height allows you to type in a number for the row height. Of course, you can also changed the row height by taking your cursor to […]
Doing it in Style…
The Style section on the Home Menu gives easy access to set formatting for cells that can be a good place to start. There are a number of set options you can select from rather than having to customise your own formatting. There are also some common number formatting options. Comma [0] and Currency [0] […]
Back to basics continued, more formatting options.
Carrying on with some basic formatting using the Number section on the Home Menu. You can format a cell to be Time. There are a number of different options to choose from for how the time is displayed. To access the first three for these options use the More Number Formats and then the Time […]
Back to basics
It has been just over a year since I started writing Excel Tips once a week. Going back over what I have written about, I have realised I haven’t covered some of the most basic/fundamental features in Excel. So, that is my inspiration for my next few blogs! On the Home menu, is a section […]
Freeze, in the name of being able to see what is what.
When you have a large sheet and you want to be able to see the top rows, even if you have scrolled down, then Freeze Panes is your friend. For example, if you have headings in the top row and want to be able to see them, even when you are at the end of […]