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Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides

Learn how to adjust the settings and make changes to the spreadsheets that you are editing in Microsoft Excel 2010.

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How to Save as xls By Default in Excel 2010

August 1, 2023February 6, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

The Excel 2010 default file save format in .xlsx, which is great when you are working with people that are using Excel 2010 or newer …

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how to move a column in Excel 2010

How to Change Column Order in Excel 2010

June 21, 2023February 6, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

The initial structure of a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel 2010 isn’t always perfect, and you sometimes need to put rows or columns in different locations. …

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Categories Programs Tags Columns, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Remove a Split Screen in Excel 2010

June 22, 2023February 2, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel has several different viewing options that you can pick from when you are editing your spreadsheets. The correct view is the one that …

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How to Move a Worksheet Between Workbooks in Excel 2010

June 1, 2023January 24, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Copying and pasting data between Excel worksheets, or even different workbooks, is a great way to work efficiently. Occasionally, however, you may have an entire …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Workbooks
How to Strike Through in Excel 2010

How to Strike Through in Excel 2010

July 25, 2023January 8, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Text formatting comes in a variety of options. You’ve probably changed a font or font color before, which is an effective way to adjust the …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Strikethrough
How to Remove Strikethrough in Excel

How to Remove Strikethrough in Excel 2010

June 26, 2023January 8, 2023 by Matthew Burleigh

Many applications offer you a variety of different ways to change the appearance of your text. You’ve probably done things like bold text or underline …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Strikethrough
press ctrl + the semi colon

How to Add the Current Date to a Cell in Excel 2010

July 17, 2023November 25, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

There are a lot of tools in Microsoft Excel that serve very specific purposes. Many people won’t use a lot of these, but they can …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Time
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How to Insert Bullet List Items in Excel 2010

July 17, 2023November 25, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

While much of the data that you add to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet might only take up one line, situations might exist where you want …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Punctuation
click the list option

How to Create a Drop-Down List in Excel 2010

July 21, 2023November 21, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

A spreadsheet with a lot of typos can be tough to work with, so reducing those types of errors is important. A dropdown list is …

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How to View a Google Calendar File in Excel

July 20, 2023November 10, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Google usually provides data in a format that is compatible with other applications. You might have already found that you can download Docs files to …

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Categories Programs Tags Google Calendar How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Show Developer Tab – Excel 2010

June 17, 2023November 9, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Many tech tutorials that you find online for Microsoft Excel will tell you to navigate via the tabs at the top of the window. This …

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Categories Programs Tags Macros, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
uncheck the show sheet right to left option

Why is My Worksheet Backwards in Excel 2010?

July 5, 2023November 4, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel has a couple of different potential layouts, though many people will only ever see one. A layout option that can be really confusing …

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Categories Programs Tags Columns, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Worksheets
how to unfreeze the top row in excel 2010

How to Unfreeze the Top Row in Excel 2010

May 30, 2023October 19, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have previously frozen the top row of your spreadsheet so that it was easier to identify the data in your cells, then you …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Rows
select a sheet, then click OK

How to Unhide a Worksheet in Excel 2010

June 19, 2023September 23, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Did you previously hide a worksheet because it contained important information that you didn’t want anyone to edit? Or perhaps you simply have too many …

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How to Show Ruler in Excel 2010

August 16, 2023September 19, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

While your primary concern when working with data in an Excel spreadsheet may be ensuring that the data is correct, you may also need to …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Rulers
how to automatically insert a decimal point in excel 2010

How to Automatically Insert Decimal Point in Excel 2010

June 19, 2023September 12, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

If you spend a lot of time in Microsoft Excel then you have probably either forgotten to include a decimal point at some point, or …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Punctuation
a simple guide to better printing in excel 2010

Excel Print Guide – Changing Important Print Settings in Excel 2010

August 29, 2023August 19, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel is a great way to manage and edit large amounts of data. The row and column structure, combined with all of the different …

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Categories Programs Tags Featured, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Printing
how to delete a worksheet in excel 2010

How to Delete a Sheet in Excel 2010

June 29, 2023July 28, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

New Microsoft Excel files often contain a couple of blank tabs where you can add data. But if you only need one tab for your …

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click the page layout tab

Why Isn’t My Entire Spreadsheet Printing in Excel 2010?

July 20, 2023July 20, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have finished creating or editing a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel and then gone to print it out, you might find that it hasn’t …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Worksheets
enter a new row height

How to Make a Row Bigger in Excel 2010

September 20, 2023June 29, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Adjusting the size of the cells in your spreadsheet is a pretty common occurrence, so you will eventually need to know how to make a …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Rows
uncheck the show sheet tabs option

How to Hide Tabs in Excel 2010

July 15, 2023April 12, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Being able to edit a visible property for one of your cells or worksheets in Microsoft Excel typically involves switching between the different tabs on …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Tabs
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How to Print All Columns in Excel 2010 on One Page

June 30, 2023March 30, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel can be a difficult application to work with when you need to print a spreadsheet. One common problem involves getting your column to …

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Categories Programs Tags Columns, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Fill Column With Same Value in Excel 2010

June 15, 2023March 28, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

It’s possible that you have already noticed how often the mouse cursor can change as you hover over various parts of your spreadsheet. These cursor …

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How to Turn Off Autofill in Excel 2010

July 19, 2023March 22, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Taking advantage of the various convenience features in applications like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel is a great way to make yourself more efficient. One …

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smaller image of blank Excel worksheet

What is the Difference Between a Workbook and a Worksheet in Excel 2010?

July 28, 2023February 7, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Have you seen the terms “worksheet” and “workbook” a lot when reading about Microsoft Excel? They may seem like the same thing, or at least …

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right click and insert cut cells

How to Move a Row in Excel 2010

June 30, 2023January 5, 2022 by Matthew Burleigh

Learning how to move a row in Excel 2010 is a good way to quickly adjust the layout of the data in an Excel worksheet. …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Rows
formula bar is displayed

How to Unhide Formula Bar in Excel 2010

July 27, 2023December 14, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Knowing exactly what you are working on is critical in Microsoft Excel, especially when you are adjusting a formula. One way to make this a …

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Categories Programs Tags Formulas, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
click the delete background button

How to Remove an Excel 2010 Watermark

July 15, 2023December 1, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

While there is no direct way to add a watermark in Excel, there are a variety of alternatives, including header and footer tools, basic image …

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Categories Programs Tags Background, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Change Page Margins in Excel 2010

June 2, 2023November 9, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Office users often have experience with changing page margins in their documents, although that experience is likely with Microsoft Word rather than Microsoft Excel. …

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Categories Programs Tags Margins, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
how to find the sum of a row in Excel 2010

How to Find a Row Sum in Excel 2010

July 31, 2023November 8, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

If you haven’t used the formulas that Microsoft Excel provides, then you may not realize just how powerful the application can be. While its formatting …

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how to make negative numbers red in excel 2010

How to Make Negative Numbers Red in Excel 2010

August 2, 2023November 5, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel offers a lot of different tools that you can use to apply custom formats to your cells. Some of these involve cell rules …

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Categories Programs Tags Menus, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Insert a Column in Excel 2010

June 2, 2023November 4, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are putting a lot of data into a spreadsheet it’s really easy to forget something or to decide later that you want more …

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Categories Programs Tags Columns, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
set the fill background to white in excel 2010

How to Make an Excel White Background in Excel 2010

June 30, 2023November 3, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Unless you have made some changes to the default setting for new workbooks in Microsoft Excel 2010, then you probably have white cell backgrounds by …

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How to Merge Cells in Excel 2010

May 30, 2023October 21, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

If you are fortunate enough to be working with an Excel spreadsheet where all of the data can be arranged in the default layout without …

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how to remove a page break in excel 2010

How to Remove Page Break in Excel 2010

June 17, 2023September 9, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

An Excel spreadsheet, like other documents that you might create in Microsoft Office programs such as Word or Powerpoint, will print as much information on …

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Categories Programs Tags Breaks, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
how to print on legal paper in excel 2010

How to Print on Legal Paper in Excel 2010

July 10, 2023August 23, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Print settings are often an afterthought when working with data in Excel, but it can quickly turn into a headache when you print your spreadsheet …

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How to Remove Page Numbers in Excel 2010

June 30, 2023August 8, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

One useful thing that you can do when working with Excel worksheets that are going to print on multiple sheets of paper is to ensure …

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How to Make a Text Box in Excel 2010

July 1, 2023July 1, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Adding text boxes in Microsoft Excel may seem odd, considering the layout of a spreadsheet and the way that the application is generally. But you …

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How to Set Columns to Repeat at Left – Excel 2010

June 19, 2023June 30, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Making a spreadsheet print properly can be difficult. As the file grows larger and the data uses more pages, readers might have trouble remembering what …

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How to Make Page Layout the Default View in Excel 2010

June 29, 2023April 13, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Excel has a combination of default settings that are meant to appeal to a large number of users. One of these settings is the view, …

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click the OK button

How to Remove a Password from an Excel 2010 Spreadsheet

July 7, 2023January 25, 2021 by Matthew Burleigh

Locking a worksheet in Excel can be a useful tool depending on how that worksheet is being shared. But someone viewing a locked spreadsheet might …

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how to change the default paper size in excel 2010

How to Change the Default Paper Size in Excel 2010

June 5, 2023November 11, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

Excel printing problems come in a number of shapes and sizes. Whether you have a column that keeps trying to fit on its own page, …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Paper Size
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How to Change the First Page Number in Excel 2010

June 8, 2023March 9, 2016 by Matthew Burleigh

It is helpful to add page numbers to your Excel 2010 worksheet if there are a lot of pages, or if you think it is …

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group the worksheets

How to Enter Data Into Multiple Worksheets at the Same Time in Excel 2010

July 20, 2023October 22, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Separating data into multiple worksheets within a workbook can be helpful in a lot of situations for which you would use Microsoft Excel 2010. But …

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How to Format Dates as Days of the Week in Excel 2010

June 9, 2023October 15, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Data that is entered into the cells of a worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2010 can take many forms. Fortunately, Excel also offers multiple formatting choices …

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How to Display or Hide the Fill Handle in Excel 2010

June 2, 2023October 8, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

It is a common thing in Excel 2010 to fill a group of cells with the same value, or to fill a group of cells …

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uncheck the Show page breaks box

How to Hide Page Breaks in Excel 2010

June 2, 2023September 16, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Occasionally your Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet will show a series of black dotted lines that indicate the page breaks for the worksheet. These page breaks …

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select the print quality

How to Change the Print Resolution in Excel 2010

August 2, 2023August 20, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

The print resolution that is specified by a document or image on your computer can have a big impact on both the quality of the …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Printing
click the indent controls

How to Indent in Excel 2010

June 8, 2023August 11, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When the cells in a Microsoft Excel worksheet are nearly filled with similar data, it can be difficult to read and understand the information contained …

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How to Zoom in on a Selection in Excel 2010

July 24, 2023August 4, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Sometimes the amount of data in a spreadsheet can be so overwhelming that you have difficulty focusing on the important parts. This might have led …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Zoom
smaller excel document panel

How to Display the Document Panel in Excel 2010

July 30, 2023July 23, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

File that you create in Microsoft Office programs, such as Microsoft Excel, include information that describes the file. This information is called metadata and can …

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Categories Programs Tags Menus, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
selected formulas

How to Select the Cells Containing Formulas in Excel 2010

June 8, 2023July 20, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When you discover an error in Microsoft Excel, and that error is part of a formula, then the level of difficulty in resolving the problem …

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how to insert a page break in excel 2010

How to Add a Page Break in Excel 2010

August 10, 2023July 15, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel 2010 will automatically include page breaks in your printed worksheet based on your paper size and margins. Unfortunately these page breaks do not …

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How to Remove Cell Borders in Excel 2010

June 27, 2023July 8, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

A new, blank worksheet in Microsoft Excel consists of a series of cells that are split into rows and columns. You can visually distinguish these …

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How to Stop Printing Gridlines in Excel 2010

July 21, 2023July 7, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

A worksheet that you print in Microsoft Excel 2010 will not include gridlines by default. However, many people adjust the settings of their worksheets to include …

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how to unhide a workbook in excel 2010

How to Unhide a Hidden Workbook in Excel 2010

June 26, 2023July 6, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel windows can easily become cluttered, which can make it difficult to concentrate on the task you are trying to complete. One way to …

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click the row or column heading

How to Print Titles in Excel 2010

June 16, 2023July 2, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

A common way to format a spreadsheet is to include a row of cells at the top or a column of cells at the left …

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How to Use R1C1 Reference Style in Excel 2010

June 14, 2023July 2, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have ever run into issues with cell references in Excel formulas, then you may be looking for another way to use them. Or …

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click the shape outline button, then click no outline

How to Remove a Border from a Text Box in Excel 2010

July 18, 2023June 16, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When you create a new text box in your Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet, it will have a border. Typically this border is dark grey and …

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check the draft quality option

How to Select Draft Quality Printing in Excel 2010

June 26, 2023June 10, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Highly customized spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel often go through several different versions before they are finalized and ready to be used or seen by their …

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unhide the columns

How to Unhide Column “A” in Excel 2010

June 3, 2023June 3, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Unhiding the first column, or column “A” in an Excel spreadsheet presents a unique challenge. The typical method for unhiding a column will not apply …

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Categories Programs Tags Columns, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
click the sheet name button

How to Put the Worksheet Name in the Footer of an Excel 2010 Worksheet

July 21, 2023June 2, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have ever printed a lot of different similar-looking reports, then you know how helpful it can be to have those reports include identifying …

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select the add-in type, then click go

How to Remove an Add-In from Excel 2010

August 10, 2023June 1, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel 2010 can do a lot of different things, leading many users to take advantage of the program whenever possible. But there are certain …

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click size button, select page size

How to Change Page Size in Excel 2010

July 18, 2023May 27, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

The Normal view in Microsoft Excel 2010 is simply a large, continuous grid of cells that are organized into rows and columns. This view makes …

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sample page layout mode

How to Switch to Page Layout View in Excel 2010

July 6, 2023May 22, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are working on a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel 2010, the focus is usually on the data that you are adding, and the information …

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locate the worksheet tabs

How to Add a New Worksheet in Excel 2010

June 1, 2023May 7, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

The Microsoft Excel files that you have saved on your computer, and that you occasionally share with work colleagues or teachers, have file names with …

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click calculation options, then click automatic

How to Turn on Automatic Calculation in Excel 2010

July 18, 2023May 1, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Are you working with a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel 2010 where you change a cell that is included in a formula, but the result of …

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type the new worksheet name

How to Change a Worksheet Name in Excel 2010

June 16, 2023April 30, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Splitting data up into individual worksheets in a Microsoft Excel file is an efficient way to organize information. It also prevents you from needing to …

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negative numbers in brackets excel 2010

How to Put Parentheses Around Negative Numbers in Excel 2010

July 25, 2023April 28, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When you are working with a lot of data in Microsoft Excel 2010, it is often beneficial to format certain types of data so that they …

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How to Hide the Scroll Bars in Excel 2010

June 8, 2023April 24, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When your Excel worksheet starts to fill up more than the visible cells on your screen, then you will need to a way to view …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Navigation
click the format painter button

Copy Cell Formatting from One Cell to Another in Excel 2010

May 30, 2023April 17, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Cell formatting, much like the formulas that you use within those cells, is an important element of how data in an Excel 2010 spreadsheet is …

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clear the cell contents

How to Delete Cell Contents in Excel 2010

July 20, 2023April 13, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Sometimes you no longer need the data that is entered into a cell. Whether the data is incorrect or it has been updated, there are …

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Categories Programs Tags Deleting, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
apply changes to selected cells

How to Select Non-Adjacent Cells in Excel 2010

June 16, 2023April 9, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

If you have been using Microsoft Excel for at least a short amount of time, then you have probably encountered a situation where you needed …

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text box displaying formula value

How to Display a Formula Result in a Text Box in Excel 2010

July 17, 2023April 7, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Text boxes can be a useful tool in Microsoft Excel. One particular example is when your spreadsheet has a lot of data in it, but …

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Categories Programs Tags Formulas, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
create a copy

How to Copy a Worksheet to Its Own Workbook in Excel 2010

June 8, 2023April 6, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

When you work with Excel 2010 often for work or school, you may eventually find that you are using the same data over and over …

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Categories Programs Tags Copying, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
right-click column, then click unhide

How to Unhide Everything in Excel 2010

June 5, 2023April 1, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Hiding rows, columns or worksheets in Microsoft Excel is an effective way to stop displaying information in your spreadsheet without deleting it. Whether this is …

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click the formulas tab

Why Is Excel 2010 Showing the Formulas Instead of the Answers?

June 23, 2023March 25, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

You may discover that you need Excel to show results instead of formulas when you enter a formula that remains visible. An Excel spreadsheet can …

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click the middle align button

How to Vertically Center Text in an Excel 2010 Cell

June 17, 2023March 18, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

A cell in a Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet can contain a variety of different types of information, and many of the possibilities will result in …

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Categories Programs Tags Centering, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
enter a new row height, then click OK

How to Make All Rows the Same Height in Excel 2010

September 20, 2023March 17, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

You may already know that you can change the height of a row in Microsoft Excel 2010, but it can be tedious when you need …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Rows
click the header and footer button

How to Remove a Header Image in Excel 2010

July 24, 2023March 12, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Some organizations like to add watermark images to their Excel files, either as a means to identify the source of the file or to add …

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click remove link on the edit hyperlink window

How to Remove a Hyperlink in Excel 2010

August 10, 2023March 10, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel 2010 is capable of adding hyperlinks to text that you have entered into cells in your worksheet. These links can either be added …

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uncheck the print option under heradings

How to Stop Printing Row and Column Headings in Excel 2010

June 30, 2023March 3, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Excel 2010 offers a variety of options that can be added to or removed from your printed worksheets. One of these options is the ability …

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select the new type of formatting

How to Remove the Percentage Symbol in Excel 2010

June 29, 2023March 2, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Cells in an Excel spreadsheet can contain many different kinds of data, and they can be formatted in many different ways. If you are working …

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choose what to do with the misspelled word

How to Spell Check a Worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2010

June 19, 2023February 26, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Spell check is a commonly used utility in Microsoft Word to locate and fix words that have been misspelled. But Word documents are not the …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Utilities
select all cells in excel 2010

How to Select All of the Cells in an Excel 2010 Spreadsheet

October 19, 2023February 23, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

To select all cells in an Excel 2010 spreadsheet, click the ‘Select All’ button located at the top-left corner of the spreadsheet or use the …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Selections
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How to Remove the Background from a Picture in Excel 2010

June 30, 2023February 18, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

You likely already know how to insert a picture into your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, but what you might not realize is that there are some …

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Categories Programs Tags Background, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Switch Vertical Text to Horizontal in Excel 2010

July 18, 2023February 16, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

There are a lot of different formatting options in Microsoft Excel 2010, but there are some that you might encounter less frequently than others. One …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Orientation
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How to View the Print Area in Excel 2010

July 27, 2023February 13, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Excel spreadsheets that were created by or edited by other people can often have formatting that is not immediately visible when you first view the …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Printing
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How to Display Numbers as Fractions in Excel 2010

May 31, 2023February 12, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Microsoft Excel 2010 provides a vast assortment of tools and features that will help you to manage data in your spreadsheets. By default, the numbers …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Settings
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How to Rotate a Picture in Excel 2010

July 27, 2023February 6, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

Adding a picture to a spreadsheet in Excel 2010 is something that most Excel users will need to do at one time or another, but …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Orientation
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How to Remove a Footer in Excel 2010

June 30, 2023February 5, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

The footer section of an Excel 2010 spreadsheet is displayed on every page of a worksheet that prints out. This is great when you want …

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Categories Programs Tags Header, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Remove All Page Breaks in Excel 2010

June 2, 2023January 30, 2015 by Matthew Burleigh

If you are printing a spreadsheet that has a lot of formatting, such as an order form or invoice, then you may find that Excel …

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Categories Programs Tags Breaks, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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How to Round to One Decimal Place in Excel 2010

October 19, 2023July 8, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

You can round an Excel cell to one decimal place by right-clicking on it, choosing Format Cells, clicking the Number option, then setting Decimal Places …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Workbooks
how to find the median in excel 2010

How to Find a Median in Excel 2010

July 26, 2023May 20, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

Excel 2010 is a great tool when you have a lot of data that you want to compare. You can easily perform mathematical operations on …

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Categories Programs Tags Formulas, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
how to print row and column headings in excel 2010

How to Print with Row and Column Headings in Excel 2010

May 31, 2023April 9, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

Printed Excel spreadsheets always suffer from the fact that they can be difficult to follow. This is especially true of multi-page spreadsheets that are missing …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Printing
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Why Is Excel 2010 Printing in Black and White?

August 1, 2023March 20, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

Receiving an Excel file from another person is often a frustrating proposition, especially if you need to print or edit the file. People have individual …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Printing
how to lock a picture to a cell in excel 2010

How Do I Lock an Image to a Cell in Excel 2010

June 20, 2023February 25, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

It’s very common for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to contain images, but they don’t behave the same way as data when they are first inserted into …

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Categories Programs Tags Alignment, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
how to insert a picture into a cell in Excel 2010

How to Insert a Picture Into a Cell in Excel 2010

July 19, 2023February 24, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

While Microsoft Excel is typically used as a way to store, sort and manipulate text and numbers, it is also a helpful way to store …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Pictures
how to automatically insert a dollar symbol in excel 2010

How to Automatically Add a Dollar Symbol in Excel 2010

July 17, 2023February 19, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

Excel can be used in a lot of different ways, but perhaps one of the most common uses is generating reports that include monetary values. …

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Categories Programs Tags Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides, Symbols
how to center text in a column in Excel 2010

How to Center Text in a Column in Excel 2010

July 20, 2023February 11, 2014 by Matthew Burleigh

Information in adjacent cells in a spreadsheet can become difficult to read if there isn’t a lot of white space between each cell. One way …

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Categories Programs Tags Centering, Microsoft Excel 2010 How-To Guides, Microsoft Excel How-To Guides
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