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How to see top ten percent of your items on the list? | Excel 2007

First select your cells and go under Home tab into Styles section. Choose the first button from the row called “Conditional Formatting”. From there choose “Top/Bottom Rules” and “Top 10 % …” In the menu you can choose the percentage to be reached. By default the number is 10. From the right sided drop-down menu select the style you wish to apply. Notice that some only apply to text or background whilst others format both of those. If you are satisfied, click on “OK”. Remember that this percentage does not come from total value of the list, but from the top values forming 10% in terms of items.

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How to create forms for users to fill in? | Word 2007

Probably the best way to keep the formatting unchanged and all the settings in place is to have the text entered into a table. We’re going to do a sample here for better understanding. Go to the Insert tab and under the button “Table” select three rows and two columns. For our first row we’ll use the “Merge” function. Select both cells and go under Table Layout tab. From there choose the option “Merge Cells”.

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