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Table of Contents
PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................. 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
SECTION I: WHAT IS EXCEL? ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS? ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
SECTION II: CELLS, ROWS, AND COLUMNS ......................................................................................................................................... 4
WHAT IS A CELL? ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
WHAT ARE ROWS AND COLUMNS? ................................................................................................................................................................ 4
INSERTING ROWS AND COLUMNS ................................................................................................................................................................... 4
SECTION III: NAVIGATION .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
MOVING BETWEEN CELLS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
SELECTING MULTIPLE CELLS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
SELECTING ENTIRE ROWS AND COLUMNS ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
SELECTING MULTIPLE ROWS AND COLUMNS ................................................................................................................................................... 6
SECTION IV: FORMATTING ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
CELLS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
TABLES ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Choosing a Table Style to Create a Table ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Adjust the Table Style ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Creating or Deleting a Custom Table Style ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Removing a Table Style .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Converting a Table to a Range of Data .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Formatting Table Elements ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Pivot Tables .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Highlight Cells Rules ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Greater Than ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Less Than ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Between .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Equal To ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Text That Contains ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
A Date Occurring ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Duplicate Values ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Top/Bottom Rules ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Top 10 Items .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Top 10% ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Above Average .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Data Bars ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Color Scales ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
New Rule......................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Clear Rules ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Manage Rules ................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
SECTION V: SEPARATING TEXT WITHIN A CELL ................................................................................................................................ 27
SECTION VI: SORTING ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28
ALPHABETICAL ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
NUMERICALLY ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
MULTI-LEVEL SORTING .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
SORTING BY CELL COLOR ........................................................................................................................................................................... 31