Powerful Filter Button Options.
Once you have added Filter buttons to your data, either via the home menu or because you have a table, you have a lot of powerful options on how to use them. Filter by Color – if you have colours on your cells, either from formatting or conditional formatting, you can use this to filter […]
Getting started with Filter buttons.
Add Filter buttons to your data in Excel using Sort and Filter, then Filter. Found on the Home Menu. (Shortcut keys: Alt H, S, F). If you make your data into a Table, then you get the Filter buttons automatically. Learn more about Tables here. If you add filters to your data, you can access […]
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 Excel spreadsheet?
Yes, you can spell check your Excel spreadsheet. On the Review Menu, Spelling. Shortcut keys: Alt, R, S. There are other handy functions here as well. Workbook statistics tells you what your current sheet, and the workbook contain. Number of tables, where the last cell is, how many sheets there are, useful stuff if you […]
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 […]
Change the way you see the cell: Format Section.
The Cells section of the Home Menu, holds the Format menu, where you can get the Cell Size just the way you want it. 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 […]
Back to basics continued, more formatting options for cells.
You can format a cell in multiple ways 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 […]
Back to basics: Formatting
Covering some of the essential knowledge when first starting to use a spreadsheet, here we will cover some Formatting of cells. On the Home menu, is a section called Number. Which is slightly misleading, because it is about a lot more than numbers. This is where you can set how the user sees the information […]
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 […]