How to Unfreeze Panes

Freezing Panes in Excel 97/2000/XP/2003
1. Open the spreadsheet you want to freeze.
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Select the row below the one you want to freeze by clicking on the row header.
3. Select 'Window' from your menu and choose the 'Freeze Panes' option.
Unfreezing Panes in Excel 97/2000/XP/2003
4. Open the spreadsheet with frozen panes.
5. Select 'Window' from the menu.
6. Choose the 'Unfreeze Panes' option.
Freezing Panes in Excel 2007
7. Select the row just below the one you want to freeze by clicking on the row header. This will make a specific row or rows visible as you scroll within Excel. Select the 'View' tab in the 'Windows' group, and choose 'Freeze Panes.' Select 'Freeze Panes' from the pop-up list to keep rows visible while your worksheet scrolls.
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Make a specific column or columns visible as you scroll within Excel by selecting the column to the right of the one you want to freeze and clicking on the column header. Select the 'View' tab from the 'Windows' group and choose 'Freeze Panes.' Select 'Freeze Panes' from the pop-up list to keep columns visible while your worksheet scrolls.
9. Make both the column(s) and rows(s) visible as you scroll within Excel by selecting the cell below and to the right of the columns and rows you want to freeze. Select the 'View' tab from the 'Windows' group and choose 'Freeze Panes'. Select 'Freeze Panes' from the pop-up list to keep rows and columns visible when you scroll.
10. Freeze or lock only the top row of an Excel worksheet by selecting the 'View' tab from the 'Windows' group. Choose 'Freeze Panes' and select 'Freeze Top Row' from the pop-up list.
11. Freeze only the first column of an Excel worksheet by selecting the 'View' tab from the 'Windows' group. Choose 'Freeze Panes' and select 'Freeze First Column' from the pop-up list.
Unfreezing Panes in Excel 2007
12. Selecting the 'View' tab from the 'Windows' group.
13. Choose 'Freeze Panes'.
14. Select 'Unfreeze Panes' from the pop-up. This will unfreeze any locks you've created in the worksheet.

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How to Move Averages in Excel 2010

1. Enter the date, or other reference information, in column A, and enter its corresponding data in column B. Repeat for each data point. As an example, you might have 'Jan 1, 2011' in cell A1 and '$43.25' in cell B1. On the next row, you might have 'Jan 2, 2011' in cell A2 and '$44.50' in cell B2. This continues for however many data points you have, but you will need several data points to construct a moving average.
2. Click the cell in column C whose row number corresponds to the number of data points you want to include in the moving average. As an example, to include the last 20 data points, click cell C20.
3. Type '=AVERAGE(range)' and press 'Enter,' replacing 'range' with the actual range of data points. In the example, this would be 'B1:B20,' so you would enter '=AVERAGE(B1:B20)' in cell C20.
4. Click the cell you just modified, hold the 'Ctrl' key and press 'C' to copy the cell formula.
5. Hold the 'Shift' key and click the last cell in column C that corresponds to the last data point. This selects all the cells between those two cells. As an example, if your last data point was at B40, hold the 'Shift' button and click cell C40. This selects cells C20 through C40.
6. Hold the 'Ctrl' key and press 'V' to paste the formula in all the selected cells. The formulas are automatically altered to reflect their new positions and will include the same number of most recent data points. All these calculations are your moving averages for the corresponding data points.

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How to Make Double Line Graphs on Excel

1. Open the Excel worksheet that contains the data values.
2. Click and drag on the categories and two data series you want to plot.
3. Click the “Insert” tab in the Command Ribbon.
4. Click the arrow for the “Line” button in the Charts group. A gallery of seven thumbnail charts appears.
5. Click the preferred chart sub-type.
6. Click “OK.” The two data series convert to a line graph. The Chart Tools Ribbon displays.
7. Customize the chart with the commands in the Chart Tools Ribbon. Chart Tools contains three tabs: “Design,” “Layout” and “Format.” Experiment with the commands in each tab to increase readability and add visual interest. For example, the Design tab contains 12 chart layouts and 48 chart styles.

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How to Format Dates in Microsoft Excel 2003

1. Select a cell and activate it. You will need to first left-click on a cell that you wish to enter a date into.
2. Create a date inside of a cell. Enter in any date that you like in the cell and then press enter; this will store the information into that cell.
3. Access the cell formatting menu. To access this menu, right-click on the cell that you just entered the date into and select “Format Cells.”
4. Format the date as desired. Under the cell formatting properties menu, left-click on the “Number” tab and then scroll to and highlight the “Date” field. Under the “Type” box you can scroll to the desired date format. When finished, click on the “OK” button to implement the changes.

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How to Turn Off Page Lines in Excel

1. Click the 'File' tab in the Excel window, and then click 'New' if you want to make a new Excel document. Click on a template that you want to use, and then click 'Create.' A new Excel document will appear. Otherwise, click the 'File' tab, then click 'Open,' and then click on a folder where your file is stored. Click on the file to select it, and then click 'Open.'
2. Click the 'File' tab in the Excel window.
3. Click on 'Normal' in the 'Workbook Views' group. Excel will now display your spreadsheet without the page break lines. Click 'Page Layout View' if you want to see the lines again. If you still see page lines when working with a document in Normal view, that means Excel is set to turn them on automatically. To hide page breaks while in Normal view, you will need to adjust the display options for the document.
4. Click the 'File' tab, and then click 'Options' under 'Help.' Click the 'Show Page Breaks' check box to clear it under 'Display Options for This Worksheet' in the 'Advanced' category. When this option is unchecked, the page lines will not be displayed when you view a spreadsheet with Normal view.

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How to Create a Workbook in Excel 2007

1. Decide what your needs are. You need a purpose for using Excel. Whether it is for a budget or to keep track of work, you need to know what you are planning to build.
2. Open Excel and you will see the option to create a workbook or use a template. You may want to check what templates are available and if you feel one of them meets your needs you could try using it. However, since most work is unique and you may have your own thoughts on how you want to present the data, you may be better off creating your own workbook.
3. Use column headings that will make your life easier when it comes time to manipulate the data. If you are using names, you may want to make columns with first names, middle names and last names. This will give you the choice to sort on any of these columns later on. Addresses should be broken up into street names, cities, states and zip codes for the same reason.
4. Enter the data. If you are creating an address book for yourself, you could make multiple sheets in your workbook for friends, families, co-workers, and businesses.
5. Use the tabs at the bottom of the page. The tabs signify the different pages or worksheets in your Excel workbook. You can rename them and make them more significant for your needs. For example, sheet 1 could be friends, sheet 2 family and sheet 3 co-workers.
6. Personalize the Excel workbook. The more you make the workbook your own, the easier it will be to work with the data. The examples in the above steps all involve work that you would do for your personal needs, but you can carry it over into your job also.
7. Add to the workbook as needed. The beauty of using Excel workbooks is that you only have to enter data once. After that, you can add or delete new entries or worksheets as you need. Editing data is also simple to accomplish.

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How to Format Data Labels in Excel

1. Launch 'Microsoft Excel' by double clicking the program's shortcut on the desktop, or by selecting 'Microsoft Excel' from the 'Programs' or 'All Programs' menu.
2. Click 'File' or the 'Office Button' in the upper left corner of the program window and select 'Open.' Click on the downward pointing arrow to the right of the 'Look in' text box, and navigate to your Excel file. Select the file and click 'Open' or double click the file to open it.
3. Go to step 4 if you have Excel 2007; otherwise select the chart with the data labels you want to format. Click 'Chart' on the menu bar and select 'Chart Options' to open up the 'Chart Options' dialog box. Click the 'Data Labels' tab at the top of the window.
4. Do this step if you have Excel 2007. Click the right mouse button on the data labels and select 'Format Data Labels.' Click the 'Label Options' tab at the top of the window.
5. Select 'Series name,' 'Category name' or 'Value,' depending on what label you want displayed. Select more than one label if appropriate.
6. Select a 'Separator' of your choice if more than one data label was selected. Click 'OK' if you have Excel 2003 or an earlier version. Click 'Close' if you have Excel 2007.
7. Click the right mouse button on the data labels, and Select 'Format Data Labels.' Select a background color, border style, border color and border weight.
8. Click the 'Number' tab if your data labels are displayed as values. Select the appropriate 'Category' type for the values.
9. Click the '3-D Format' tab for Excel 2007. Select a '3-D Format.'
10. Click the 'Alignment' tab. Select a 'Horizontal' or 'Vertical' alignment for your text.
11. Click in the 'Degrees' or 'Custom angle' text box. Type a number to angle the text at.
12. Click 'Ok' for Excel 2003 and earlier, or click 'Close' for Excel 2007. Your chart should be displayed with your newly formatted data labels.
13. Click the data labels to select them. Select a 'Font', 'Font Color' of your choice, using the buttons on the 'Formatting Toolbar' or ribbon, if you are using Excel 2007.
14. Click 'File' on the menu bar, or the 'Office Button' and select 'Save' to save the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet can also be saved by clicking the save button on the toolbar.

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How to Graph a Normal Distribution Curve in Excel 2007

1. Enter the number -4 into cell A2.
2. Select the cell with your mouse. Click on the down arrow under 'Fill' in the Editing group to the far right on the ribbon (the toolbar). Choose 'Series.' A pop-up will appear.
3. Click on the radio buttons to choose 'Columns and Linear.' Type .25 into the 'Step Value' box and 4 into the 'Stop' box. Press 'OK.' This should fill column A with the x-values for the normal distribution.
4. Type =NORMDIST(A2,AVERAGE($A$2:$A$34),STDEV($A$2:$A$34),FALSE) into cell B2. This calculates the mean and standard deviation from your x-values and also creates your first y-value in cell B2.
5. Copy the formula that you typed in Step 4 by highlighting the cell and dragging the fill tool (the tiny square at the bottom right) down to cell B34. This creates all of your y-values.
6. Select the 'Insert' tab from the ribbon. Click on the down arrow next to 'Scatter' and choose 'Scatter With Smooth Lines and Markers.'

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How to Compare Data in Excel with VLOOKUP

1. Open the Excel 2010 spreadsheet that contains that data you want to compare. Click on the top cell of the first empty column in your spreadsheet.
2. Enter the following formula into the cell:=vlookup(A1,B:B,1,False)Change 'A1' to the top cell in the first column of data. Change the 'B's in 'B:B' to the letter of the column where the second set of data is located. Keep the '1,' as this tells VLOOKUP that you want to check the first column in the 'B:B' range. 'False' specifies that you want to search for an exact match, instead of an approximate one.
3. Press 'Enter' to complete the formula and have Excel run it. If the first entry in the first column appears in your second column, its name appears in the cell where you wrote the formula. If not, '#N/A' appears in the cell.
4. Select the cell where you entered your formula. Move your mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner of the cell. Click and hold the mouse button, then drag the mouse down until you reach the last cell where you want to use the formula. Release the mouse button. When you copy formulas like this, Excel will use relative references, so the 'A1' in the formula will change to, for example, 'A2,' 'A3' or 'A4' depending on what row the formula is in. The column where you entered the formulas will now display all the items from the first column that also appear in the second.

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How to Create and Name an Excel 2007 File

Create New File Instructions
1. Open the 'Start' menu and type 'Excel' into the search box.
2. Click the 'Windows Office' icon in the top left corner of the Excel 2007 menu bar.
3. Click the 'Blank Workbook' in the 'New Workbook' window, then click the 'Create' button.
4. Click on the 'Microsoft Office' icon and select 'Save.' Create a name for your spreadsheet and ensure that the 'Save as type:' menu is set as 'Excel Workbook (*.xlsx).'
5. Click 'Save' in the 'Save As' window to save the new Excel 2007 file.
Existing Data Instructions
6. Open the 'Start' menu and type 'Excel' into the search box.
7. Click the 'Windows Office' icon in the top left corner of the Excel 2007 menu bar.
8. Click 'Blank Workbook' in the 'New Workbook' window, then click the 'Create' button.
9. Copy the information to be transferred into the new spreadsheet. Select cell 'A1' in the newly created spreadsheet. Paste the data by pressing both 'Ctrl' and 'V' on your keyboard.
10. Click on the 'Microsoft Office' icon and select 'Save' once the information has been copied. Create a name for your spreadsheet and ensure that the 'Save as type:' menu is set at 'Excel Workbook (*.xlsx).' Click 'Save' in the 'Save As' window to save the new file.

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How to Calculate Pearson's R (Pearson Correlations) in Microsoft Excel

1. Put the values of the two variables you wish to correlate into two columns of the same length. For example, say you have data about the heights and weights of 50 people, and want to calculate the Pearson correlation between the two. Put the data into two columns: the heights in cells 1 to 50 of column A, and the widths in cells 1 to 50 of column B.
2. Select an unused cell and type '=CORREL(' (without the quotes). After typing the first open parentheses, select all of the cells in your first column, type a comma, select all of the cells in your second column, and type the closing parentheses ')'. In this example, since the data was in cells 1 to 50 of column A and cells 1 to 50 of column B, you could also simply type:=CORREL(A1:A50,B1:B50)Either method should yield the same result.
3. Press 'Enter.' The cell now contains the value of the correlation between the two columns.

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How to Remove Hidden Macros in an Excel Spreadsheet

1. Double-click the Microsoft Excel document you want to edit. This opens the document and loads the Excel application.
2. Click the 'View' menu option and select 'Unhide.' In the section labeled 'Personal,' select 'Unhide workbooks' from the list of options.
3. Click the 'Developer' tab at the top of the Excel window. If you don't have the Developer tab, click the Office button and select 'Excel Options.' Click the 'Popular' tab and select 'Show Developer tab in the Ribbon.' Press the 'OK' button.
4. Click the 'Macros' button in the 'Developer' tab. A pop-up window opens with a list of macros programmed for the spreadsheet.
5. Click the name of the macro you want to delete. Click the 'Delete' button. Click 'Yes' to confirm that you want to delete the macro. It's now deleted.

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How to Create Sequences in Excel

1. Click the first cell in the row or column that you want to contain the sequence and type the first item. For example, to create the sequence of 'Red,' 'Green' and 'Blue,' type the word 'Red.' Press 'Enter' to move to the next row or press the right arrow key to move to the next column.
2. Type the next item in the sequence, such as 'Green.' Press 'Enter' or the right arrow key.
3. Type the next item in the sequence, such as 'Blue.' Repeat this process until you have typed every item in the sequence.
4. Click and drag with the mouse pointer to highlight the cells containing the complete sequence plus the additional first item. You should see a large black square in the lower-right corner of the box outlining the highlighted cells.
5. Click and drag the black square to auto-populate the blank cells below or to the right with the sequence that you have entered. As you drag the square, Excel displays a small pop-up message showing the data that it will put in each cell.
6. Release the mouse button to stop auto-populating the sequence.

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How to Open Large Files in Excel 2003

1. Launch Excel, and navigate to the 'tools' menu.
2. Choose the 'macro' submenu, and select the Visual Basic editor.
3. Choose 'module' from the insert menu.
4. Copy and paste the following text:Sub LargeFileImport()'Dimension VariablesDim ResultStr As StringDim FileName As StringDim FileNum As IntegerDim Counter As Double'Ask User for File's NameFileName = InputBox('Please enter the Text File's name, e.g. test.txt')'Check for no entryIf FileName = '' Then End'Get Next Available File Handle NumberFileNum = FreeFile()'Open Text File For InputOpen FileName For Input As #FileNum'Turn Screen Updating OffApplication.ScreenUpdating = False'Create A New WorkBook With One Worksheet In ItWorkbooks.Add template:=xlWorksheet'Set The Counter to 1Counter = 1'Loop Until the End Of File Is ReachedDo While Seek(FileNum)
5. Press the F5 key to run the macro.

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How to Use the Conditional Sum Wizard in Excel

1. Open the file that contains that data that you need to run the conditional sum wizard on.
2. Add a header row to your data, if it lacks one, by right-clicking on the number next to the first row and choosing 'Insert.' Type in names for the columns in the cells directly above the data.
3. Click on the top-left cell of the data range. Move to the bottom-right cell in the data range. Press and hold the 'Shift' button and click on the cell to select the entire data range.
4. Click the 'Formulas' tab at the top of the screen, then click on the 'Conditional Sum' button located on the far right side of the ribbon, under the 'Solutions' group.
5. Click 'Next' on the first screen, as you have already defined the data area.
6. Select the column that you want to sum from the drop-down menu at the top of the window, identified as 'Column to sum.' Then select the column that you want to evaluate for a condition in the drop down menu in the middle of the window, identified as 'Column.' Next to that column you can choose an operator, such as 'equals,' 'greater than' or 'less than.' Finally, you can type in the value that you want to check the original column for in the 'This value' box. Press the 'Add Condition' button when you are done, and then press 'Next.'
7. Choose between having Excel export your result as just a formula in a cell, or as the formula in a cell as well as the conditional data next to that cell. Choosing the latter lets you change the conditions of the formula without having to go through the wizard again. Press 'Next' when you have made your selection.
8. Select a cell where you want the condition to be placed, if you chose that option, and the cell for the conditional sum formula. Press 'Finish' to complete the process.

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