L7 (Adjusting Decimal Place)

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Adjusting Decimal Place On a worksheet:

Select the cells you want to format. To display more or fewer digits after the decimal

point, click Increase Decimalor Decrease Decimalon

the Formatting toolbar. In a built-in number format:

On the Formatmenu, click Cells, and then click theNumbertab.

In the Categorylist, click Currency, Accounting,Percentage, or Scientific. In the Decimalplace box,

enter the number of decimal places you want todisplay. If you want to change the currency symbol, click the

symbol you want to use in the Symbollist.


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Applying Cell Borders andShading

Adding Borders

To make your spreadsheet look more

presentable you may add visualenhancement to it.

Excelallows adding borders which enablethe readers to focus on certain areas.


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To add borders, follow the steps

below:1. Select the cell range of

cells where you want toadd borders.

2. Do any of the following: To apply the most recently

selected border style, clickBorders on theFormatting toolbar.

To apply a different borderstyle, click the arrow nextto Borders , then click aborder on the palette.


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Using Border

Settings

To apply more bordersettings, click Cells on theFormatmenu, and thenclick the Bordertab.

1. Click the Line Style youwant.

2. Click a button to indicatethe border placements.

Removing Borders

On the Formattingtoolbar, click the arrownext to Borders, then clickNO BORDER on thepalette.


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AddingShadings or Patterns

Shading a cell means addingpatterns to cell to mark

important information.


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Steps to help you to add shading

1. Select the cell or range tocells.

2. From the Formatmenu,choose Cells.

3. Choose the Pattern tabfrom the dialog box.

4. Choose a color from thecolor list.

5. Click OK or press Enter.

You can also use the FillColorbutton on theFormatting or Drawingtoolbar.


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Using Format Painter

The Format Painter it copies the formatfrom a selected object or text and applies itto the object or text you click. It is found in

the Standard toolbar.

To copy the formatting to more than oneitem, double-click the Format Painterbutton, and then click each item you want

to format. When you are finished, pressESCor the Format Painterbutton to turn itoff.


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Apply or Remove AutoFormats1. Select the range you want to format or

remove the auto format from.

2. On the Formatmenu, clickAutoFormat.

Do one of the following:

Apply an AutoFormat Click the format youwant. If you want to use only selected parts ofthe AutoFormat, click Options, and then clear

the check boxes for the formats you dont wantto apply.

Remove an AutoFormat At the bottom of thelist, click the format above None.


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AutoFormat Dialog Box

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