Microsoft Excel 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 10. Customizing Excel to the way you work

In this section:

• Opening ready-to-use workbook templates

• Saving a workbook as a template

• Adding commands to the Quick Access toolbar

• Adding and reordering ribbon elements

• Creating new ribbon tabs and groups

• Renaming a ribbon element

• Hiding and displaying ribbon tabs

• Controlling which error messages appear

• Choosing the color Excel uses to display errors

• Defining AutoCorrect entries

• Controlling AutoFormat rules

Another way to make your life easier is to create templates. A template is a workbook that you use as a pattern for other workbooks. When you open a template, which is a separate Excel file type, you have the outline you need to create frequently used workbooks quickly.

You also have a great deal of ...