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Scroll down after selecting item in menu - desired instructions are at the bottom of the screen
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Printing
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Navigation and Selection
Selection
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Freeze Panes
Selection
Clicking a cell Start typing to modify the contents of a cell (clearing previous content).
Double-clicking a cell Start typing to modify the existing text or formula of the cell.
Clicking row numbers Select one or more rows.
Clicking column letters Select one or more columns.
Click-Hold and then moving your mouse Select adjacent elements.
Ctrl-Hold and clicking Select non-adjacent elements.
Ctrl-A If in a range, select all cells in a range (do it again to select all cells in worksheet). If not in a range, select all ce
Clicking (in corner of worksheet) Select all cells in worksheet.
Note: Clicking away from an active selection executes the contents (if applicable) and then escapes the selection bef
Navigation
Ctrl-Home Select the first cell in your worksheet (or the first cell under a freeze panes).
Ctrl-End Reach the last cell (lower right corner) where data exists or has existed in a worksheet.
Ctrl-[Arrow] Move from the active cell to the last cell before a blank, in the direction of the chosen arrow.
Ctrl-Shift-[Arrow] Select cells, starting from the active cell and selecting cells until there is a blank, in the direction of the chosen
Ctrl-Shift-Home Select cells, starting from the active cell and selecting cells all the way to the first cell in your worksheet (or the
Ctrl-Shift-End Select cells, starting from the active cell and selecting cells all the way to the last cell (lower right corner) wher
Freeze Panes
Allows you to freeze rows and/or columns in place, so they are displayed even if you scroll away.
Click under the row you want to freeze and/or to the right of the column you want to freeze. Click "Freeze Pan
Click "Unfreeze Panes" (same position in the menu) to restablish the standard view.
View - Window
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Menu
Cell Formats
Copy formatting of a cell, row, or column
Align text inside a cell
Add a border to a cell
Modify the color of a cell
Wrap text (adjust height of rows to see text)
Change direction of text
Format of a cell
Merge cells
Insert and delete rows and columns
Hide and show rows and columns
Cell and worksheet styles
Select the cell, row, or column containing the desired formatting. Click on "Format Painter".
Home - Clipboard
Select all cells, rows, or columns where the formatting should be pasted.
Home - Alignment
Home - Font
The tool directly available in the Font section of the Home ribbon does not allow you as much control as this m
Home - Font
Home - Alignment
After changing the width of columns, click twice on "Wrap Text" to deactivate it and reactivate it. Height of ro
Home - Alignment
Format of a cell
Home - Number
It's very important to select the appropriate format, especially when dealing with numbers, dates, and time.
Merge cells
Home - Alignment
Only merge cells when you are completely finished with a worksheet. Consider making a copy of your workshe
Select one (or more) rows or columns after where you want to make an insertion.
Home - Cells
After rows or columns have been inserted, you can choose to copy the format of rows and columns surroundin
Click on the Format Painter tool that temporarily appears and select the best option.
Home - Cells
Home - Style
For cells
For worksheets
Menu
Conditional Formatting
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Home - Styles
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Sort
Enter the column to sort - if the suggestions seem strange, check if "data has headers" is correctly applied and
Menu
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Filters
Regular Filter
Advanced Filter
Regular Filter
Select any cell in a range, and then click on the filter tool.
Apply filters to temporarily view only rows of data that fit with specific criteria.
Make sure to explore the possibilities of text, data, number, and color filters.
Advanced Filter
Harder to use than the regular filter, but offers some interesting possibilities.
Create a 'table' using the exact same column titles as the ones in the range that you wish to filter.
Enter criteria for each column.
Enter on the same row for 'AND".
Enter on a different row for 'OR".
For example, the above table finds all paper books published after 2015.
Or books published by Routledge, regardless of year and binding.
Select any cell in a range, and then click on the advanced filter tool.
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Printing
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Try the following actions to more easily prepare a worksheet for printing:
Page Layout - Scale to Fit If you want to print a very wide table on two pages, select two pages instead of one for the width of the print
File - Print Then choose the following option to keep the pages in order:
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again to select all cells in worksheet). If not in a range, select all cells in the worksheet.
tes the contents (if applicable) and then escapes the selection before selecting your target.
of the Home ribbon does not allow you as much control as this method.
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wice on "Wrap Text" to deactivate it and reactivate it. Height of rows will be recalculated.
nished with a worksheet. Consider making a copy of your worksheet and merging cells in the copy instead.
ou can choose to copy the format of rows and columns surrounding it.
arily appears and select the best option.
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o specific criteria.
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seem strange, check if "data has headers" is correctly applied and check if the entire data range is selected.
ch printed page.
pages, select two pages instead of one for the width of the print area.
e pages in order:
Instructions
Apply these instructions to the Exercise worksheet. Following these instructions should result in a table similar to the one in the Results worksheet.
17 Use find/replace to remove " USD" from the "US List" column.
18 Format cells of the "US List" column to the "Currency" format (with two decimals).
19 Use conditional formatting to reveal the most expensive books.
20 Use conditional formatting to highlight the books where the author is an editor.
21 Use conditional formatting to reveal books published in 2016.
22 Sort the table by author and then title. "Knowledge Preservation Through Community of Practice" should be the first book in the list.
23 Use a color filter to list together books published in 2016.
24 Remove the color filter. Use a text filter to list together all edited books.
9781631572302 TRACING THE ROOTS OF GLOBALIZATION AND BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. 2ND Ed.
NEW RULES OF MARKETING & PR: HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE VIDEO,
9781119070481 MOBILE APPLICATIONS, BLOGS, NEWS RELEASES, AND VIRAL MARKETING TO
REACH BUYERS DIRECTLY. 5th ed.
9780134387048 INFLECTION POINT: HOW THE CONVERGENCE OF CLOUD, MOBILITY, APPS, AND
DATA WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS.
9781433122033 GENDER AT WORK: A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
9781118725641 BRIDGING THE SOFT SKILLS GAP: HOW TO TEACH THE MISSING BASICS TO
TODAY'S YOUNG TALENT.
VULNERABILITY OF CORPORATE REPUTATION: LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE
9781137547354
LONG-TERM VALUE.
MANAGING THE UNEXPECTED: SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE IN A COMPLEX
9781118862414
WORLD. 3rd ed.
DIGITAL DISCIPLINES: ATTAINING MARKET LEADERSHIP VIA THE CLOUD, BIG
9781118995396
DATA, SOCIAL, MOBILE, AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS.
PRACTICING ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT: LEADING TRANSFORMATION AND
9781118947708 CHANGE. 4th ed.
9788763003254 MANAGING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; JULIANA HSUAN ... ET AL. 4th ed.
Author Publisher Pub LC/NLM/Dewey Class Binding
Year
INFORMATION AGE
ASGARY, NADER H 2016 HD62.4.A746 2015 Paper
PUB
BANG NGUYEN / Editor ROUTLEDGE 2016 HF5415.5.D1655 2016 Paper
BUSINESS EXPERT
BEER, LAWRENCE A 2015 HF1365.B44 Paper
PRESS
PALGRAVE
BIJAOUI, ILAN 2015 HD62.5.B55 2015 Cloth
MACMILLAN
ELSEVIER ACADEMIC
DEPAMPHILIS, DONALD M 2015 HD58.8.D467 Cloth
PRESS
PALGRAVE
HIDALGO, CARLOS MACMILLAN 2015 HF5415.1263.H53 2015 Cloth
PALGRAVE
KRAKOVSKY, MARINA 2015 HF5422.K717 2015 Cloth
MACMILLAN
INFORMATION AGE
LINDA L. NEIDER / Editor 2014 HD57.7.A3167 2014 Paper
PUB
MARC FETSCHERIN / Editor ROUTLEDGE 2015 HD38.2.C3765 2015 Paper
EMERALD GROUP
MATTHEW SOWCIK / Editor 2015 HD30.27 Paper
PUBL
PALGRAVE
NORDIN, MARIA 2015 HF5548.85.N67 2015 Cloth
MACMILLAN
BUSINESS EXPERT
PRINCE, MELVIN 2015 HF5415.2.M37 2015 Paper
PRESS
BUSINESS EXPERT
PRINCE, MELVIN PRESS 2015 HF5415.2.M37 2015 Paper
STEFFENS, MELANIE C., 1969- PETER LANG 2015 HD6060.6.S74 2015 Paper
PALGRAVE
VERHEZEN, PETER, 1960- 2015 HD59.2.V47 2015 Cloth
MACMILLAN
HF5415.1265W4525
WEINMAN, JOE, 1958- JOHN WILEY 2015 Cloth
2015
BUSINESS EXPERT
YANKELEVITCH, SAM 2015 HD30.3.Y36 2015 Paper
PRESS
BUSINESS EXPERT
YANKELEVITCH, SAM 2015 HD30.3.Y36 2015 Paper
PRESS
COPENHAGEN BUS
2015 HD38.5 Paper
SCHOOL PR
Content YBP Select US List Slip Date
Level
Either options will get you both a pivot chart and a pivot table.
Drag an ID field or any other field from the top section of the menu to "Sum of Values" in the bottom of the menu.
If you selected a numerical variable, you may want to toggle from "Sum of {your field}" to "Count of {your field}" depending on your analysis.
Other options are also available and might be appropriate to specific situations - use with caution.
Drag other fields into the "Rows" and "Columns" or "Axis" and "Legend" areas of the bottom menu to generate charts.
Drag other fields into "Filter" to filter data - making a subset of the data according to your specified criteria.
PLEASE NOTE: filtered fields will stay filtered even after dragging away from the "filter area".
Return to the "filter area" and remove the filter by clicking "All", or click on the drop-down arrow that appears when you hover over a field in "PivotTable
Fields".
Filters are identified in the PivotTable Fields list with the filter symbol.
Click on "Add Chart Element" to add or remove various aspects of the chart.
PivotChart Tools - Design
Some more advanced options are hiding under "More [type of chart element] options.
Modify the look as desired -- and use the "bar chart" icon to set advanced settings for the chart.
Click on a "Quick Layout", Change Colors" or "Chart Styles" to quickly modify the look of the chart.
PivotChart Tools - Design
PivotChart Tools - Analyze Go to "Field Buttons - Hide All" to remove PivotChart buttons from your chart.
To prevent the chart from constantly resizing as you make updates, remove "Autofit columns on update" from the "Options" menu
PivotChart Tools - Analyze
Creating new fields from an existing field (especially useful with dates/times)
Click (on a value in a slicer) Filter the pivot chart to only show data that corresponds to the selected value
Ctrl-Click (on values in a slicer) Select more than one value to use to filter the pivot chart.
Use Slicer Settings to change caption settings, sort order, and behavior of items with no data.
Slicer Tools (click on a slicer to
activate)
Quickly change the look of the slicer - select one or two values to judge the appearance of unselected values
Advanced Tweaks
Changing the order of data displayed in the chart
In the example below, "Teaching", "Community - Large", and "Community - Medium" need to be repeated on every row in order to create a pivot table.
Teaching
Community - Large
Community - Medium
Starting from the first cell that contains a category, select ALL affected cells in the column of your table (so all blanks + categories at once).
Hit F5 OR go to the Home ribbon - Editing section - Find & Select - Go to special. Select "Blanks".
Type "=" (no need to click anywhere, just start typing), hit the "up" arrow on your keyboard, and then do Ctrl-Enter.
The series should fill in - please note that formulas will be inserted in the table.
Moving Charts
You can't delete the pivot table, but you can leave it behind in another worksheet, and hide the worksheet.