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Excel 2007
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The newest version of Microsoft’s spreadsheet software, Excel 2007, combines all the long-standing features of Excel with powerful new capabilities. Whether you’re entirely new to Excel or simply upgrading, discover how to:
  • Navigate the new and improved Excel 2007 interface with fluency
  • Create, format, sort, and print spreadsheets and workbooks
  • Insert formulas, functions, charts, graphs, and more
 
 
 
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The Excel 2007 Interface

Microsoft Excel® 2007 is a spreadsheet program designed for computers that run on the Microsoft Windows® operating system. Along with the other programs in the Microsoft Office® 2007 Suite, the 2007 version of Excel has been significantly revamped. With this program, Microsoft has made the user interface more powerful yet simpler to use. The Excel 2007 interface has four basic parts:
  • Office button
  • Ribbon
  • Quick Access Toolbar
  • Help button

The Office Button

The Office button is a round button with the Microsoft Office® insignia on it. Clicking it reveals commands that resided in the File menu in earlier versions of Excel.

The Ribbon

The Ribbon is the core of the new Excel interface. It replaces the drop-down menus and toolbars of previous versions of Excel and organizes and displays the myriad functions that Excel provides more effectively than the old menus or toolbars did. The Ribbon makes it easier for you to find and use the commands you need in order to work with your spreadsheets. The Ribbon is made up of tabs and groups.

Tabs

Tabs are the main organizational categories for Excel commands. When you click on a tab, the commands within that tab appear on the Ribbon. Excel 2007 has seven main tabs:
  • Home: These are the most commonly used Excel commands.
  • Insert: These commands are used to insert elements such as graphs and charts into your spreadsheet.
  • Page Layout: These commands control the visual presentation of your spreadsheet.
  • Formulas: These commands add to your spreadsheet specialized formulas that perform particular functions.
  • Data: These commands are for sorting, summarizing, or otherwise working with data in your spreadsheet.
  • Review: These commands are for collaborating, proofing, and protecting a spreadsheet from tampering.
  • View: These commands change how you can view your spreadsheet on the screen, as well as hide or show particular tools you may or may not want to use.

Groups

The commands displayed within each tab are further organized into smaller groups. For instance, the Home tab has the groups Clipboard, Font, Alignment, Number, Styles, Cells, and Editing. Some groups also have a little square at their bottom right, called a dialog box launcher (or launcher for short). Clicking the launcher pops up a dialog box that provides more tools in the category that the group covers.

Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access Toolbar spans the top of the Excel window and contains the commands you use most often, such as Save, Undo, and Redo. It’s visible no matter which tab you’ve selected. You can customize the commands that appear on the toolbar by selecting a command from the menu that appears when you click on the down arrow at the toolbar’s right.

Help

You can access Excel’s built-in help system through the Help button or by pressing F1 on your keyboard.

The Excel Work Area

Though the interface has been overhauled, the Excel 2007 work area looks and works much the same as in previous versions of Excel. The work area has three main parts:
  • Spreadsheet: This grid of columns (labeled by letter or letter combination, starting with A) and rows (labeled by number, starting with 1) displays the spreadsheet you’re currently working on.
  • Name box: This lists the current active cell by column and row letter. If the top left cell is the active cell, A1 will appear in the Name box.
  • Formula bar: This lists the contents of the active cell, whether text, a number, an equation, or a formula.
 
 
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