Outline Excel Data in Microsoft Excel – Instructions

Outline Excel Data in Microsoft Excel - Instructions: A picture of an Excel worksheet with an outline applied.
Outline Excel Data in Microsoft Excel: Overview             You can outline Excel data to add an organizational quality to a long or wide worksheet. When you outline Excel data, you group worksheet data into different levels based on column and row headings. Lower level data is associated with the headings in the rows or columns.
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Split Panes in Excel – Instructions and Video Lesson

Split Panes in Excel - Instructions and Video Lesson: A picture of a large Excel workbook that is horizontally split into two 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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Change the Chart Type in Excel – Instructions

Change the Chart Type in Excel - Instructions: A picture of a user changing the chart type of a selected chart in Excel.
Change the Chart Type in Excel: Overview             After creating a chart, you can change the chart type in Excel. Alternatively, you can also choose a different sub-type of the same general chart type you first selected. Either way, note that if you change the chart type, you may lose custom formatting you have applied
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Move a Chart in Excel- Instructions

Move a Chart in Excel- Instructions: A picture of the “Move Chart” dialog box in Excel.
Move a Chart in Excel: Overview             You can easily move a chart in Excel. When you insert a new chart into a worksheet, it appears as an embedded chart object in the worksheet. When you embed a chart in a worksheet, you can move it and also resize it in the worksheet. Before you
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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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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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Function Compatibility in Excel – Instructions

Function Compatibility in Excel - Instructions: A picture of the “Compatibility” functions in Excel.
Function Compatibility in Excel: Overview             Function compatibility in Excel supports older functions that have been replaced by newer versions of those functions. In Excel, some older formula functions have been replaced with new versions. These replacements occur to increase their accuracy and to better reflect their purpose. These new, more accurate statistical functions have
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Timeline Options in Excel – Instructions

Timeline Options in Excel - Instructions: A picture of a user modifying the appearance of a timeline in Excel.
Timeline Options in Excel: Overview             This lesson shows you how to set timeline options in Excel. After inserting a timeline, an “Options” tab within a new “Timeline Tools” contextual tab then appears in the Ribbon. This tab appears in the Ribbon any time you select the timeline within the worksheet. You use the buttons
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