Excel 2013: Advanced Formatting Techniques (2013)

Get simple, powerful tips for making spreadsheet information readable and understandable in Excel 2013. Dennis Taylor shows how to emphasize specific cells with fonts, borders, and color; adjust the positioning of cell contents; format numeric data; and add style and readability to worksheets. You'll also learn how to add pictures to worksheets and discover automation techniques that take the drudgery out of formatting even the largest amounts of data.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Controlling Fonts, Borders, and Cell Color
Adjusting fonts, font sizes, and font colors
Applying underline, strikethrough, subscript, and superscript formatting
Applying border styles and adjusting gridlines
Using fill color and patterns for cell backgrounds

2. Alignment Tools
Adjusting horizontal and vertical cell alignment
Creating angled text variations for greater variety and readability
Indenting data and dollar signs
Simplifying title adjustments with the Merge & Center button
Controlling titles and headings with the Wrap Text and Shrink to Fit options

3. Adjusting Numeric Formats Quickly
Working with numeric formatting options
Essential numeric formatting keystroke shortcuts
Setting special formats for dates, times, phone numbers, ZIP codes, etc.
Building custom numeric formats
Building custom date formats

4. Accentuating Dynamic Data with Conditional Formatting
Creating value-based formatting using logical operators
Creating value-based formatting using data bars, color scales, and icons
Creating formats based on formulas
Conditional formatting in PivotTables

5. Tables, Styles, and Themes
Working with tables
Using styles and themes for consistent formatting

6. Row, Column, and Sheet Adjustments
Adjusting single and multiple row heights and column widths without commands
Working with rows, columns, and sheets
Working with the Hide and Unhide options

7. Other Worksheet Formatting Tools
Using the multipurpose Format Cells dialog box and the pop-up mini-toolbar
Applying different formatting styles within the same cell
Copying formats quickly with dragging techniques and the Format Painter
Formatting text from Word or the web with the Justify feature

8. Displaying Data as an Outline
Setting up data for outlining
Using outlining symbols and levels

9. Adding Pictures
Formatting picture styles
Adding borders and effects to pictures
Formatting sparklines for optimum impact
Using WordArt for formatted titles and headings

10. Specialized Power Formatting Techniques
Hiding repeating titles in a column to clarify printed output
Restoring missing title data in a column
Displaying large values without using formulas
Creating linked worksheet images
Formatting column and row titles
Formatting a list for double-spaced printing

Conclusion
Goodbye