Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Inside Out

If You Missed the Last Upgrade

Just in case you leapfrogged a software upgrade and missed the last big Microsoft Office release, here is a brief description of a few features that are essentially new to you but were introduced in the previous release:

• Results-oriented user interface The old toolbars and menu bar have been replaced by a single toolbar and a new “dashboard” called the ribbon, which has a task-oriented structure and easily recognizable tools. Most of the old menus have been reborn as tabs. For more information, see Chapter 3.

• Graphics enhancements Excel has improved greatly over the years as a platform for graphics and design, and the 2007 release incorporated a few subtle enhancements, including a robust SmartArt feature; improvements ...