Chapter 17. Using Pictures and Clip Art

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Using Pictures on Worksheets 352

Using Clip Art 360

Excel worksheets have a tendency to be dominated by numbers. A picture can liven up a spreadsheet and add interest. The picture functionality in Excel 2007 is vastly improved over that in previous versions of Excel.

Excel 2007 offers 28 quick picture styles, plus the tools to create thousands of additional effects.

When the spreadsheet was invented in 1979, accountants were amazed and thrilled with the simple black-and-white, numbers-only spreadsheets. The new image processing tools available in Excel 2007 elevate spreadsheets from simple tables of numbers to beautiful marketing showpieces.

Using Pictures on Worksheets

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