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Diane Koers
Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988 that services the central Indiana area. Her are of expertise h as long been in the word processing, spreadsheet, and graphics area of computing as well as in providing training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane's authoring experience includes more than 30 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 her books 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.
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Step by Step / Updated 04-14-2017
Use the Custom AutoFilter dialog box in Excel 2010 to locate records that either match all criteria or meet one or the other criteria. You can use this method when you want to filter data based on a range of values (for example, you can filter for values that are greater than or equal to 1,000 in a specified column).
Step by Step / Updated 04-11-2017
With Excel 2010's advanced filtering methods, you can specify complex filtering criteria and designate a specific area of your worksheet to manage your criteria selections when filtering table data; for example, you can filter by date. Use the following directions to filter data that has been formatted as a table in Excel 2010.
Step by Step / Updated 03-10-2017
Use the Convert Text to Columns Wizard in Excel 2010 when you need to split combined data into separate columns, such as a first name and last name; or city, state, and zip code. This type of combined data often results when you open or import files created in another application.If necessary, insert blank columns to the right of the cells you want to convert into multiple columns.
Step by Step / Updated 01-25-2017
In Excel 2010, you can use the Document Information Panel to add or change workbook properties such as the Author, Title, Keywords, Status, and Comments that relate to a specific workbook. Adding metadata such as this can help you to better identify and manage your workbook files.Click the File tab, and from the Info panel, choose Properties.
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Use Excel 2010's AutoFill feature to quickly create a series of entries based on the data you enter in one or two cells. AutoFill works with days of the week, months of the year, and yearly quarters. If you want to use AutoFill for a series of numbers, enter two values in two adjacent cells, select both cells, and then use the AutoFill handle to drag through the remaining cells you want to fill.
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
In Excel 2010, you can print gridlines or row numbers and column letters on the page. Printing gridlines and row and column headings results in a printout that closely resembles what you see on-screen. This feature is useful if you need to examine the cell references of printed data and then more easily make any necessary corrections in the worksheet.
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Use the Scale to Fit settings in Excel 2010 if you need to make a worksheet fit when you must get a few last rows or columns on a single page. You can use the Width, Height, and Scale options in the Scale to Fit group of the Page Layout tab to change these settings. These options are also available on the Page tab of the Page Setup dialog box.
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Excel 2010's conditional formatting lets you change the appearance of a cell based on its value or another cell's value. You specify certain conditions, and when those conditions are met, Excel applies the formatting that you choose. You might use conditional formatting to locate dates that meet a certain criteria (such as falling on a Saturday or Sunday), to call out the highest or lowest values in a range, or to indicate values that fall under, over, or between specified amounts.
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Excel 2010 provides several different formats in which to display dates and times in a worksheet. Some date formats appear automatically based on how you type a date entry in a cell. For example, if you type 9/10 in a cell, Excel interprets this as a date and changes the entry to 10-Sep (or whatever your default date format is).
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
In Excel 2010, data tables display the chart values in a grid beneath the chart. They are helpful if you need to see exact values along with a graphical display, such as when using a 3-D chart. Also, they may be preferable to data labels, which can be difficult to read within some charts.Click anywhere on the chart you want to add a data table to.
