Format in Excel 2007
Center text across multiple columns
You can make a worksheet more visually appealing and easier to read by centering text across multiple
columns. Often you do this by merging and centering the merged cells, but it is not the only option.
Using a custom sort order
In some cases you may want to sort your data in non-standart ways. For example, if your data consists of
month names, you usually want it to appear in month order rather than alphabetically.
Adding a background image to the spreadsheet
You can make your Excel spreadsheets more appealing by choosing graphics file to serve as a background for a
spreadsheet similar to the wallpaper that you may display on your Windows desktop.
Paste results into cell without formulas
You may not always want to copy everything from the source cells to the destination cells. For example, you
may want to copy only the current values of formulas rather than the formulas themselves.
Apply or remove cell borders
Exist several ways to apply or remove cell borders, you can choose anyone:
Custom cell format
Excel includes a variety of built-in formats that cover general, numeric, currency, percentage, exponential,
date, time, and custom numeric formats. You can also design your own custom formats based on one of the
built-in formats.
Using advanced filtering
In addition to manual data filtering Excel enables fully automated filtering based on data from the
specified range of cells. Before you can use the advanced filtering feature, you must set up a criteria
range. A criteria range is a designated range on a worksheet that conforms to certain requirements.
Grouping and ungrouping sheets
Sheets can be grouped (connected) to facilitate creating or formatting two or more identical sheets. For
example, you can create one sheet and copy it to two other sheets, or you can group three blank sheets and
enter and format the content once-no subsequent copying required.
Entering decimal points automatically
If you need to enter lots of numbers with a fixed number of decimal places, Excel has a useful tool:
How to avoid misleading numbers
Applying a number format to a cell doesn't change the value, but only how the value appears in the
worksheet. Formatting can play a joke with you, e.g., sum of values seems incorrect because Excel displays a
limited number of decimal places and their sum is not equal to the real sum.