Excel 2013 Tips & Tricks The following provides information on using various features and functionality in Microsoft Excel 2013 and some of the difference between the 2010 version and the 2013 version. Excel Resources For various Excel training videos, visit LyndaCampus at: http://access.ewu.edu/oit/services/ittraining/documentation-and-resources/lyndacampus-information.xml For documentation and online training, visit the Microsoft Excel page at: https://support.office.com/enus/article/excel-2013-videos-and-tutorials-aaae974d-3f47-41d9-895e-97a71c2e8a4a Google Excel 2013 Excel 2013 The following provides information on using some of the new/enhanced functionality in Excel 2013. Note: To upgrade to Office 2013, please submit a Help Desk ticket (whd.ewu.edu). Get Started Quickly When creating a new worksheet, Excel provides sample templates to quickly choose from, as well as a search option for online templates, and links to template types (for example, Business, Finance-Accounting, and Lists). Note: To return to the worksheet view, click the arrow icon: 1
Start Screen and Pinning Favorites The Start screen displays all recently accessed worksheets. To pin a favorite worksheet so that it always displays, mouse over the worksheet and click the Pin icon. Saving Worksheets Excel 2013 provides the ability to save worksheets to the cloud. EWU is not using this feature. Be sure to save to your computer. Additional folders/locations (recent folders accessed, Desktop, My Documents, etc.) display allow quicker saving. 2
Excel Options Excel options are used to customize Excel. If you are in the worksheet, click File in the ribbon:. From the left-hand list, select Options:. Options opens in the worksheet view. Click thru the links in the left-hand list of the Excel Options dialog box to set up various customizations and options. 3
Flash Fill Flash Fill is a predictive data entry tool that detects patterns and extracts and enters data. For example, to extract a person s first name from a column of first and last name, place the cursor in the adjacent cell. Type the first name. Click Enter. From the Home tab select Fill, Flash Fill. The first names of everyone in the list will be entered into that column immediately. Chart Tools In previous versions of Excel, when a chart is selected, the Chart Tools tab revealed three additional tabs: Design, Layout, and Format. In Excel 2013, only the Design and Format tabs display;. In addition, a set of icons appears outside the top right edge of a chart when it is selected. Click any of these buttons; Chart Elements, Chart Styles or Chart Filters to quickly access additional chart formatting options. Recommended Charts. Select the cart data. Click the Insert tab and Recommended Charts:. Recommended Charts displays based on the chart data. Select the desired chart. 4
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Quick Analysis Quick Analysis converts data into a chart or table in two steps or less. Highlight the desired data in the worksheet. Right click and select Quick Analysis based on the data:. Excel displays potential formatting, charts, styles and totals Choose the desired link for further functionality. Pivot Tables Click a mouse key to create a Pivot Table - displays Recommended PivotTables for the type of data being used. Make sure your data has column headings or table headers, and that there are no blank rows. Click any cell in the range of cells or table. From the Home tab, click the Insert tab and Recommended PivotTables. Recommended Pivot Tables display based on the chart data. 6
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