Knowledge is power - if you don't know what's available you can miss an opportunity or spend hours trying to jury-rig a solution by cobbling together other functions. You can't add these to any favourites list but you can make your own "Check these out" list Similarly, open the Function Wizard window and check out the functions available (made easier bc you can do so by category).
If so, add it to your QAT and try it out.Ģ. open the Customize Quick Access Toolbar window and just scroll through the list of commands available (Note: some are only available thru customisation as they are not on the inbuilt menu!) and see what each tool does and whether it may be useful to you. There are multiple rows and columns and they are all set on center alignment, (center alignment icon on the toolbar as well as Format Cells -> Horizontal Alignment -> Center.) The alphabetical characters align correctly but the numerical dont, as they will only left align. You can get immediate free access to these example workbooks by subscribing to the Power Spreadsheets Newsletter. This VBA Tutorial is accompanied by Excel workbooks containing the data and macros I use in the examples below.
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This will open the ‘ Share Workbook ’ dialog box. In this VBA Tutorial, you learn how to merge cells and unmerge cells in a variety of ways. From the ‘Changes’ group click on ‘ Share Workbook ’. For this, follow the steps below: Click on the Review tab of your Excel window. I'm from the same era: Learned 123 in 1984/85 from a 5.25" floppy tutorial, & Multiplan, then progressed thru Symphony, Supercalc, back to 123, and then Excel 4 & 5 in 1995 - and have never looked back! First, check if the Merge and Center button is deactivated because your worksheet is in Protected mode. That's the beauty and ugliness of Excel - there are more tools & features than you can ever learn or know about!