How to Deselect a Cell

1. Launch Microsoft Excel.
2. Hold down the 'Alt' key and press 'F11.' This will open the Visual Basic editor.
3. Click 'Insert' and click 'Add new module.' Paste the following code in the module on the right and press 'Enter:'Sub UnSelectActiveCell()Dim Rng As RangeDim FullRange As RangeIf Selection.Cells.Count > 1 ThenFor Each Rng In Selection.CellsIf Rng.Address
ActiveCell.Address ThenIf FullRange Is Nothing ThenSet FullRange = RngElseSet FullRange = Application.Union(FullRange, Rng)End IfEnd IfNext RngIf FullRange.Cells.Count > 0 ThenFullRange.SelectEnd IfEnd IfEnd Sub
4. Exit the Visual Basic Editor to get back to Excel.
5. Click 'Tools' >> 'Macro' >> 'Macros' and then double-click 'UnSelectActiveCell.'
6. Hold down the 'Ctrl' key and select the cells that you wish to deselect.
7. Repeat Step 5.

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How to Use Form Control Scrollbar in Excel

1. Open the 'Forms' toolbar in Excel 2003 by going to the 'View' menu, pointing to 'Toolbars' and selecting 'Forms.' Click the scroll bar button on this toolbar. Click on the first cell onto which you want to place the scroll bar and drag the mouse to the last cell onto which you want to place the scroll bar. In Excel 2007, go the 'Developer' tab. Click 'Insert' and select 'Scroll Bar' in the 'Form Controls' group. Click on the first cell onto which you want to place the scroll bar and drag the mouse to the last cell onto which you want to place the scroll bar.
2. Right-click the scroll bar on the Excel worksheet. Select 'Format Control.' The 'Format Control' dialog box will open. Go to the 'Control' tab.
3. Enter '1' into the 'Current Value' box to enable the scroll bar and direct the 'Index' formula to refer to the first item in the range or list. Type '1' into the 'Minimum Value' box, which confines the scroll bar to stop at the first item in the list or range. In the 'Maximum Value' box, type the number of entries in the list or range to limit the scroll bar to the last item. Type the number of increments by which you want to be able to scroll in the 'Incremental Change' box. Type an incremental number in the 'Page Change' box, as well. This form control dictates the increments the scroll bar will move if the users clicks the scroll arrows.
4. Type a cell reference into the 'Cell Link' box or click inside the 'Cell Link' box to place the cursor in it and then click on the cell you wish to use to display the number value showing the item selected when the scroll bar is in use.
5. Click 'OK' to save the changes and close the dialog box. Click onto the Excel worksheet anywhere outside of the scroll bar. Your scroll bar will now be functional.

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How to Insert a Tab Character In a Cell

1. Open your Excel workbook and navigate to the worksheet you are working with. Click inside the cell that you want to modify.
2. Press the 'Ctrl,' 'Alt,' and 'Tab' keys simultaneously and see if a tab character is added to the active cell. Click the 'Format' button if the key combination does not add the tab character.
3. Click 'Cells' and then navigate to 'Alignment.' Click 'Left Indent' and then click the arrow key to add in an indentation that is the equivalent of a tab character. Click again to add another level of indentation.

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How to Use WordArt in Microsoft Excel 2007

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On the 'Ribbon,' the group of icons and tools above the work area of the Excel workbook, select the tab called 'Insert.' On this tab you find a group called 'Text'. Within that group select the 'WordArt' option.
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A menu of choices will drop down. Select the option you would like to use.
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A text box will appear in your worksheet. Notice that the Ribbon has changed to include tools for you to use to tweak your WordArt to appear the way you would like it to.Double click inside the text box and type the text you would like to appear.
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If you would like to rotate your WordArt, click and drag the green circle appearing at the top of the text box.
5. To move your WordArt to a different part of the worksheet simply click and drag it to the location of your choice.
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The text in WordArt can be changed by clicking on the Home tab of the Ribbon and editing the text the same way traditional text is edited.
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Once your WordArt is adjusted to the style and location you choose, you can now print your document. WordArt will appear exactly as you created it on the printed page.

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How to Make a Histogram in Microsoft Excel

1. Open Microsoft Excel and go to 'Tools', 'Add-ins'. Place a check in the box beside 'Analysis ToolPak', click OK.
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Create a table with the following columns: Time of Day, Accidents, Range. Enter the data in the following image.
3. Go to 'Tools', 'Data Analysis' or 'Data', 'Data Analysis'. Click on 'Histogram' then click OK.
4. Click the box beside 'Input Range' and highlight the 'Accidents' data. Click the box beside 'Bin Range' and highlight the 'Range' data. The Input Range is the raw data while the Bin Range provides the intervals to separate the data into.
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In the 'Output Options' select 'Output Range'. Select an empty cell within the worksheet then press OK. This places the histogram and corresponding table on the same worksheet as the original information.
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According to the histogram, the most accidents occur at five hours during the day; when referring to the data table, those hours are 1am, 4am, 2pm (1400 hours), 5pm (1700 hours), and 11pm (2300 hours).

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How to Rotate the Page in Excel 2007

1. Open a new or existing document in Excel.
2. Click on the 'Page Layout' tab.
3. Click on the 'Orientation' button in the Page Setup button group, then select 'Landscape' if 'Portrait' is already highlighted, or 'Portrait' if 'Landscape' is already highlighted.

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How Do I Turn a Microsft Excel Spreadsheet Into a Chart?

Instructions
1. Open Microsoft Excel from the 'Start' menu and wait for the application to load.
2. Enter the data you want to convert into a chart into the cells. Include labels for each column in row 1.
3. Click and drag from the top right cell to the bottom left cell to highlight all the data you want to include in the chart. Highlight the column label headings along with the data.
4. Click the 'Insert' tab on the top of the screen.
5. Choose one of the chart templates from the drop down menus. As soon as you click a chart type it will automatically be inserted into the spreadsheet. You can double-click on the title of the chart to change it.

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How to Set Up a Web Query in Excel 2003

1. Launch Excel and open a new spreadsheet.
2. Select any cell and open the 'Data' menu, open the 'Get External Data' sub-menu and click the 'New Web Query' option.
3. Type the URL address of the Web page you would like to analyze in the text box underneath '1'.
4. Choose an option underneath '2'. You can extract data from the entire page, from only tables or from a specific data table.
5. Select a formatting option: 'none', 'rich text formatting' or 'full HTML formatting'. If you just want to acquire data, then your best option is to select 'none'.
6. Click the 'OK' button and click it again when the dialog box pops up. Excel will populate your spreadsheet with the website data and start from the cell you previously selected.

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How to Insert a Static Time in Excel

1. Start Microsoft Excel 2007, and open an existing workbook from your files in which you want to insert a static time into one of the cells. Alternatively, you can start a new, blank workbook to insert the static time.
2. Select the cell in the workbook you want to insert the static time into by clicking on it. The selected cell will now have a thick black box around it, indicating that it is selected and ready for the next step.
3. Hold down the 'Ctrl,' 'Shift' and ':' keys at the same time on the keyboard. This keyboard shortcut will instruct Excel to enter a static time into the selected cell.
4. Look at the cell, and see the current time to be inserted into the selected cell. This time will not change at any point unless you manually change it yourself. It will not update on its own at any time.
5. Insert the static time into any other cells in the open Excel workbook using the same procedure that is outlined in the previous steps.

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How to Locate the NOW Function in Microsoft Excel

1. Open Excel 2010 and click the 'Formulas' tab. Select the 'Date and Time.' A drop-down list appears.
2. Select 'NOW.' The Function Arguments dialog box appears. Click 'OK.'
3. Review the date and time that has appears in your spreadsheet.

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How to Make a Chart Using Excel 2007

1. Open Excel 2007 and open the file that contains the data you want to use to create a chart.
2. Highlight the data you want to include in the chart by left-clicking on one data cell and dragging your mouse across all of the cells you wish to include. The cells are highlighted in blue when selected.
3. Click on the 'Insert' tab of the toolbar and then select what chart you want to create. The chart is automatically created and placed inside the worksheet.

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How to Convert Wk1 to Xls

1. Confirm that both the data and the format file for the WK1 file are in the same folder.
2. Open the Excel “File” drop-down menu. Click “Open.” Find and open the WK1 file in the folder tree. Don’t open the formatting file yourself, just the file with the WK1 extension.
3. Open the “File” drop-down menu again. Click “Save.” Select .XLS as the file type in the Save panel. Select “OK.” Excel then converts the workbook into the Excel format.
4. Open the converted .XLS file to check for errors. Search for the phrase “formula failed to convert.” If Excel was not able to convert a formula, it defaults to displaying the value that the formula produced and writes “formula failed” in a cell comment. To search the comments for this phrase, open the Edit drop-down menu and click following sequence: 'Find > Look in: Comments.' Recreate the lost formulas where possible.
5. Print out the new spreadsheets and compare the numbers with printouts of the original Lotus workbook spreadsheets, if they are available. This is an additional check to make sure the conversion was performed correctly.

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How to Set Up a Linear Program in Excel 2007

Linear Program Setup
1. Enter a title for your linear program in cell A1. Enter labels for your variables in cells C3 and D3.
2. Type your variable coefficients in cells C5 and D5. List each coefficient in the column that corresponds to its respective variable.
3. Create a border around cells C6, D6 and B7. Cells C6 and D6 will be used to display the optimal solutions for your variables, and cell B7 will be used to show the value of the objective function given the optimal variable values.
4. List your constraints beginning with cell C9 and continuing down one row for each constraint. Use a different cell for each element of your constraints, including the inequality symbols, but excluding the operator symbols, such as the plus or minus symbol.For example, if one of your constraints is 3x1 6x2
5. Type the heading 'LHS' under your constraints in column C, and type the heading 'RHS' beside it in column D. List the right-hand-side values of your constraints vertically under the RHS heading, and create borders for each corresponding cell under the LHS heading. The LHS cells will be used to display the actual left-hand-side values of your constraints for the optimal solution.
6. Enter the formula '=SUMPRODUCT(C5:D5,C6:D6)' in cell B7, the optimal solution output cell. This formula will calculate the value of the objective function given the optimal values of the variables.
7. Enter the formula '=SUMPRODUCT(C9:D9,$C$6:$D$6)' in the first cell under your LHS heading, and copy the formula into each additional left-hand-side value output cell under the LHS heading. This formula will calculate the actual value of your constraints given the optimal values of the variables.
Linear Program Solution
8. Click 'Data -> Solver' to bring up the 'solver parameters' dialog box. Set the target cell to '$B$7,' the objective function value output cell. Set the solver to maximize or minimize the function, based on the purpose of your linear program.
9. Enter the constraints into the solver parameters dialog box. Begin by clicking 'Add' for each individual constraint. For each constraint, enter the cell reference for the corresponding cell under your LHS heading in the cell reference box, choose the proper inequality symbol from the drop-down box in the center, and enter the cell reference for the corresponding cell under your RHS heading.
10. Back in the solver parameters dialog box, click 'Options' to open the solver options dialog box. Click 'Assume Linear Model' and 'Assume Non-Negative,' then click 'OK.'
11. Click 'Solve' in the solver parameters dialog box, and Excel 2007 will fill in the optimal solution, the value of the objective function, and the actual left-hand-side values of your constraints.

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How to Change Your Header Margins on Word

1. Double-click the Word document's header.
2. Change the top margin by editing the number--which is measured in inches--in the 'Header from top' setting in the 'Position' section on the Ribbon.
3. Change the bottom margin by editing the number--also measured in inches--in the 'Header from bottom' setting in the 'Position' section on the Ribbon.
4. Click 'Page Layout' on the top of the program. The options in the 'Page Layout' Ribbon lets you change the left and right indentations.
5. Change the left indent by editing the number in the 'Left Indent' listing in the 'Paragraph' section of the Ribbon.
6. Change the right indent by editing the number in the 'Right Indent' listing in the 'Paragraph' section of the Ribbon.

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How to Make a T

1. Start Microsoft Excel. Press 'CTRL N' to create a new workbook.
2. Type 'Data1' and 'Data2' in cells 'A1' and 'B1,' respectively. You may replace these with your preferred variable names.
3. Enter your first set of data in column 'A,' starting from cell 'A2.'
4. Enter your second set of data in column 'B,' starting from cell 'B2.' Make sure that both columns have the same number of cells. For instance, if column 'A' contains five entries, column 'B' should also have five entries.
5. Highlight all non-empty cells (including the variables) and then press 'CTRL SHIFT F3.'
6. Select the cell below the last number in column 'A.' Type '=T.TEST' and then press 'CTRL A.' This opens a dialog box where you can enter parameters for the function.
7. Enter 'Data1' and 'Data2' into the 'Array1' and 'Array2' boxes, respectively.
8. Enter 1 into the 'Tail' box if you'd like to use one-tailed distribution. Otherwise, enter 2.
9. Enter the kind of test you'd like to perform in the 'Type' box. Use any of the values below.1 - Paired t-test2 - Two-sample equal variance3 - Two-sample unequal variance
10. Click on 'OK' to view the result of your formula.

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