Office X for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

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Incidentally, remember that trend lines are just models. As any weather forecaster,

stockbroker, or computer-company CEO can tell you, trend lines don’t necessarily

predict anything with accuracy.

Printing Worksheets

Now that you’ve gone through the trouble of making your sheets look their best

with killer formatting and awe-inspiring charts, the next logical step is printing them

out.

Print Preview (Microsoft’s)

Excel comes with a print-preview function that can save you frustration and time,

as well as an old-growth forest that would otherwise be harvested for the sake of

your botched spreadsheet printouts. What’s a little strange is that Mac OS X, of

course, comes with its own print-preview function with slightly different features.

Ah, well—if one is good, two must be better.

To use Excel’s print preview, choose File→Print Preview, which puts Excel into Print

Preview mode (Figure 13-21). In this specialized view of the currently selected sheet,

you can see how your data will look when divided up onto several sheets of paper.

Use the Print Preview toolbar to tweak how your sheet prints. Here’s a quick look at

the toolbar buttons.

• Setup. This button opens the Page Setup dialog box, as described on page 514.

• Print. This button opens up the Print dialog box, where you can set your print

options and send your sheet to the printer.

•Zoom. Click the Zoom ...