Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac: Visual QuickStart Guide

11. Modifying Worksheets

In This Chapter

Setting Column and Row Sizes 206

Reorganizing a Worksheet 208

Working with Large Sheets 212

Worksheet Formatting 214

Shapes and Pictures 222

Special Characters 226

Raw data typed in a monospaced font into fixed-width columns is satisfactory for many worksheets, but it isn’t fine for all worksheets. Excel provides a variety of formatting tools and procedures that you can apply to dress up any worksheet. With minimal effort, you can turn the ordinary into presentation-quality material.

In addition to formatting a sheet, you can alter its structure by changing the widths and heights of selected columns and rows; adding or deleting rows, columns, and cells; and moving or copying data to different areas ...