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MORE EXCELerators How-to's for basic & intermediate Excel maneuvers. Microsoft Excel Online Home Page Excel-lent Tips Article by Lorrie Jackson © 2004 Education World Many educators -- even those who are quite comfortable with most uses of computer technology -- avoid using Excel. They view the program, with its alien commands and odd layouts, as incomprehensible -- more suited to number crunchers than to classroom teachers. If you're one of those Excel-phobes, the helpful reminders below might shed some light on Excel's apparent mysteries. It's
a Wrap Have you ever wondered how you would ever fit the data you need to record in a single tiny cell? Simply type all the required data, click Enter (or Return), and click the cell again. Then go to Format > Cells > Alignment, choose Wrap Text, and click OK. From
A to Z To order data in an Excel spreadsheet, highlight all the cells you want to put in a particular order, click Data > Sort, click Ascending or Descending, and then click OK. You can change the criteria Excel sorts by, and even undo your sort if you like. A
Perfect Fit! When using Excel, save time by first typing in all the data. Then, double-click the lines between each column to automatically resize the columns to fit the data.
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