First Look 2007 Microsoft® Office System

Create Better Spreadsheets, Faster

Most professionally created worksheets today—if they are shared with an audience out of house—include a least a little bit of design. The titles are formatted to stand out; rules or shading might be used to call attention to special areas of interest. Worksheets, when they are included in financial reports, business plans, or presentations, often are given the same look and feel as the surrounding material, so the font, color, and arrangement of the information becomes important.

Office Excel 2007 makes it easier to create better looking documents by providing a number of easy-to-apply formatting options. And if you’re working in Page Layout view, you can see how those design changes look when you print them. ...