Apply Password Protection to an Excel File – Instructions

Apply Password Protection to an Excel File - Instructions: A picture of a user adding a password for opening the Excel file to a workbook.
Apply Password Protection to an Excel File: Overview             When you apply password protection to an Excel file, you prevent people from opening it without knowing the required password. After password protection is enabled on a file, no one can open it without the password. Therefore, password-protecting files poses some risk. This is because if
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Record a Macro in Excel – Instructions and Video Lesson

Record a Macro in Excel - Instructions and Video Lesson: A picture of the “Record Macro” dialog box in Excel.
Record a Macro in Excel: Overview              You can easily record a macro in Excel. Macros are small programs that record your actions as you perform a task in Excel. The actions are then saved as a Visual Basic Module, which is a type of program. When you run the macro later, it repeats your
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Create a Data Model from External Relational Data in Excel – Instructions

Create a Data Model from External Relational Data in Excel - Instructions: A picture of a user selecting the external relational data tables to add to the data model in an Excel workbook by using the “Select Table” dialog box.
Create a Data Model from External Relational Data in Excel: Overview             You can create a data model from external relational data in Excel. Data models in Excel let you store multiple tables of information. They can then be used a data source for PivotTables, PivotCharts, and Power View reports.             The choice to add
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Split Panes in Excel – Instructions and Video Lesson

Split Panes in Excel - Instructions and Video Lesson: A picture of a user splitting a large Excel workbook into separate panes.
Split Panes in Excel: Overview             To split panes in Excel when viewing a large worksheet, use the “Split” command in Excel. This command lets you split the Excel worksheet into different panes. Each pane contains its own horizontal and vertical scroll bars. Therefore, you can scroll each pane separately to view information from different
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Set Margins in Excel – Instructions

Set Margins in Excel - Instructions: A picture of the “Margins” tab within the “Page Setup” dialog box in Excel.
Set Margins in Excel: Overview             To set margins in Excel worksheets before printing, open the “Page Setup” dialog box. To open the “Page Setup” dialog box, click the “Page Layout” tab in the Ribbon. Then click the “Page Setup” dialog box button in the lower-right corner of the “Page Setup” button group. Then click
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Create a New Workbook in Excel- Instructions

Create a New Workbook in Excel - Instructions: A picture of the workbooks templates in Excel.
Create a New Workbook in Excel: Overview             You can easily create a new workbook in Excel. A workbook is the default file type in Excel, much like a document is the default file type in Word. A workbook can contain multiple worksheets where the data is stored and manipulated in the columns and rows.
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Add Excel Tables to a Data Model- Instructions

Add Excel Tables to a Data Model- Instructions: A picture of the “Workbook Connections” dialog box in Excel, showing references to Excel tables in the data model.
Add Excel Tables to a Data Model: Overview             You can manually add Excel tables to a data model within a workbook. You can then use them as the data source for PivotTables, PivotCharts and Power View reports. Before doing this, however, first create the necessary tables within Excel. Also, to add Excel tables to
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Trace Error in Excel – Instructions and Video Lesson

Trace Error in Excel - Instructions: A picture of formula auditing arrows shown in a worksheet after using the Trace Error tool in Excel.
Trace Error in Excel: Overview             Trace Error in Excel lets you trace arrows back to cells referenced by a formula if it displays an error. The Trace Error tool is available when auditing a worksheet within a workbook. Note that the formula cell that you select must contain an error to use the Trace Error
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