Excel 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies

Easy steps for creating spreadsheets you can really use

Simple steps...

...for great results

Use AutoOutline

• Choose Data Group and Outline AutoOutline. Figure 11-9 illustrates a worksheet with outline headings for both rows and columns. Row outline symbols are at the top of the worksheet.
• AutoOutline works best if the worksheet has summary formulas that reference cells in the detail cells. The summary formulas must be adjacent to the detail.
• To expand the outline, click the Show Detailbuttons to the left of the rows or above thecolumn headings. (See Figure 11-10.)
• To collapse the outline, click the Hide buttonsto the left of the rows or above the columnheadings.
• To remove the AutoOutline, choose Data Group and outline Clear Outline.

Get ready to

• Format cells and data
• Build formulas and functions
• Save time with Excel tools
• Add color graphics toyour spreadsheets
• Analyze your data
• Create charts and PivotTables

Easy steps for creating spreadsheets you can really use

Simple steps...

...for great results

Use AutoOutline

• Choose Data Group and Outline AutoOutline. Figure 11-9 illustrates a worksheet with outline headings for both rows and columns. Row outline symbols are at the top of the worksheet.
• AutoOutline works best if the worksheet has summary formulas that reference cells in the detail cells. The summary formulas must be adjacent to the detail.
• To expand the outline, click the Show Detailbuttons to the left of the rows or above thecolumn headings. (See Figure 11-10.)
• To collapse the outline, click the Hide buttonsto the left of the rows or above the columnheadings.
• To remove the AutoOutline, choose Data Group and outline Clear Outline.

Get ready to

• Format cells and data
• Build formulas and functions
• Save time with Excel tools
• Add color graphics toyour spreadsheets
• Analyze your data
• Create charts and PivotTables

Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988 that services the central Indiana area. Her area of expertise has long been in the word-processing, spreadsheet, and graphics area of computing as well as providing training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane’s authoring experience includes over thirty books on topics such as PC Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Lotus SmartSuite, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and Peachtree Accounting, many of which have been translated into other languages such as Dutch, Bulgarian, Spanish, and Greek. She has also developed and written numerous training manuals for her clients.
Diane and her husband enjoy spending their free time fishing, traveling, and playing with their four grandsons and Little Joe, their Yorkshire Terrier.