Category Archives: Excel 2007

How to copy page printing settings along with all other data and cell settings? | Excel 2007

Right click on the original sheet and select “Move or Copy”. At the top of the small window that opens up click on “Move selected sheets to book” and choose “New book” or any other workbook that is open. Select the “Create a copy” if you want to leave the original behind. This will copy all the settings of the sheet and information on the sheet to a new location.

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How to easily apply different colors to cells depending on their value? | Excel 2007

To have Excel apply the coloring depending on the values inside the cells, you should apply color scales. To do this, select the cells you wish to be analyzed and go under Home tab into Styles section. From the row click on the first button called “Conditional Formatting”.  From there click on “Color Scales” and apply the style of your liking.  

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How to display a contribution of each value to a total on a chart? | Excel 2007

Best used for contribution display is a pie chart. Select your table only including the cells you wish to be presented on the chart and go under Insert tab into Charts section. Under “Pie” choose the type of the pie chart that suits you best. Unfortunately no live preview is applicable in this case. 

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How to compare multiple values on a chart? | Excel 2007

Best used for displaying multiple values comparison is a chart with bars. Select your table only including the cells you wish to be presented on the chart and go under Insert tab into Charts section. Under “Bar” choose the type of bars that suit you best. Unfortunately no live preview is applicable in this case.  

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