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chapter

Making Excel MoreEfficient

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Customize the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Export Ribbon Customizations to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configure Excel to Use the Mouse Wheel for Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Move in a Different Direction When You Press Enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Automatically Insert a Decimal Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configure When Excel Warns You About Long Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Pin Excel to the Windows 7 Taskbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Make a Workbook Faster by Saving it as Binary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Open a New Window for a Workbook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Allow Only Certain Values in a Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Apply Text or Formatting to Multiple Worksheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Quickly Display the Office Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Use Dialog Box Controls to Input Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Check for Accessibility Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

chapter

Making It Easier to Manage Workbooks

Increase the Number of Recent Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Open Workbooks Automatically at Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Create a Workspace of Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Specify a New Default File Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Set the Default Font and Font Size for New Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Set the Default Number of Worksheets for New Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Repair a Corrupted Workbook File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Convert a Workbook to a PDF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Create a Workbook Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Create a New Workbook from an Existing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compare Two Workbooks Side by Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Check for Features Not Supported by Earlier Excel Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

chapter

Customizing Worksheet Presentation

Create Custom Numeric Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Create Custom Date and Time Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Set the Default Width for All Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Hide Columns and Rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Create a Custom Fill List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Maximize Work Space by Turning Off Window Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Create a Custom Cell Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Build a Custom Table Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Create a Custom Color Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Create a Custom Font Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Save a Custom Workbook Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Build a Custom Header and Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Customize the Excel Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Minimize theRibbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

chapter

Getting More Out ofFormulas

Paste a Formulas Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Show Formulas Instead of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Use a Watch Window to Monitor a Cell Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Use Absolute Cell References in a Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Create an Array Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Apply Range Names to Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Create a Link to Another Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Combine Two Ranges Arithmetically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshoot a Formula by Stepping Through Each Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Skip Data Tables When Calculating Workbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Turn On Iterative Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Display Text Rather than Error Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Check for Formula Errors in a Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Audit a Formula to Locate Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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Analyzing Excel Data

Highlight Cells That Meet Some Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Highlight the Top or Bottom Values in a Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Analyze Cell Values with Data Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Analyze Cell Values with Color Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Analyze Cell Values with Icon Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Create a Custom Conditional Formatting Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Calculate Multiple Solutions to a Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Plug Multiple Input Values into a Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Calculate the Break-Even Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Consolidate Data from Multiple Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Filter Table Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Remove Duplicate Values from a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Create an Outline Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Enable the Analysis ToolPak Add-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

chapter

Analyzing Data with PivotTables

Build a PivotTable from an Excel Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Create a PivotTable from External Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Refresh PivotTable Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Add Multiple Fields to the Row or Column Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Add Multiple Fields to the Data Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Move a Field to a Different Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Apply a Report Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Apply a PivotTable Quick Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Change the PivotTable Summary Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Customize the PivotTable Field List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Create a PivotChart from a PivotTable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

chapter

Importing Data into Excel

Understanding External Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Import Data from a Data Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Import Data from an Access Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Import Data from a Word Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Import Data from a Text File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Import Data from a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Import Data from an XML File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Refresh Imported Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Separate Cell Text into Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

chapter

Querying Data Sources

Understanding Microsoft Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Define a Data Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Start Microsoft Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tour the Microsoft Query Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Add a Table to the Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Add Fields to the Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Filter the Records with Query Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Sort the Query Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Return the Query Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

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chapter

Protecting Excel Data

Open a Read-Only Version of a Workbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Mark a Workbook as Final to Avoid Accidental Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Protect Workbooks by Shortening the AutoRecover Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Specify the Cells that Users Can Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Hide a Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Protect a Range with a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Protect the Data in a Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Protect a Workbooks Windows and Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Restore a Previous Version of a Workbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Hide a Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Track Workbook Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

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Maximizing Excel Security and Privacy

Open a Workbook in Protected View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Block Dangerous Excel File Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Set the Macro Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Digitally Sign Your Excel Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Create a Trusted Location for Opening Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inspect a Workbook for Private Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Assign a Password to a Workbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Turn On Parental Control in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Disable External Data Connections and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Apply a Digital Signature to a Workbook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

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chapter

Learning VBA Basics

Record a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Open the VBA Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Explore the Excel Object Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Add a Macro to a Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Run a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Assign a Shortcut Key to a Macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Assign a Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Assign a Macro to the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar .................................................................................. 4

Customize the Ribbon............................................................................................................ 6
Export Ribbon Customizations to a File ............................................................................ 10
Configure Excel to Use the Mouse Wheel for Zooming ................................................. 12
Move in a Different Direction When You Press Enter..................................................... 14
Automatically Insert a Decimal Point ................................................................................ 16
Configure When Excel Warns You About Long Operations........................................... 18
Pin Excel to the Windows 7 Taskbar.................................................................................. 20
Make a Workbook Faster by Saving it as Binary ............................................................. 22
Open a New Window for a Workbook ............................................................................. 24
Allow Only Certain Values in a Cell ................................................................................... 26
Apply Text or Formatting to Multiple Worksheets .......................................................... 28
Quickly Display the Office Clipboard ................................................................................ 30
Use Dialog Box Controls to Input Data ............................................................................. 32
Check for Accessibility Problems ....................................................................................... 36

Increase the Number of Recent Documents .................................................................... 40

Open Workbooks Automatically at Startup ...................................................................... 42
Create a Workspace of Workbooks ................................................................................... 44
Specify a New Default File Location .................................................................................. 46
Set the Default Font and Font Size for New Workbooks ............................................... 48
Set the Default Number of Worksheets for New Workbooks ....................................... 50
Repair a Corrupted Workbook File .................................................................................... 52
Convert a Workbook to a PDF File .................................................................................... 54
Create a Workbook Template ............................................................................................ 56
Create a New Workbook from an Existing File ................................................................ 58
Compare Two Workbooks Side by Side ........................................................................... 60
Check for Features Not Supported by Earlier Excel Versions ........................................ 62

Create Custom Numeric Formats ...................................................................................... 66

Create Custom Date and Time Formats............................................................................ 68
Set the Default Width for All Columns .............................................................................. 70
Hide Columns and Rows ..................................................................................................... 72
Create a Custom Fill List...................................................................................................... 74
Maximize Work Space by Turning Off Window Elements ............................................. 76
Create a Custom Cell Style.................................................................................................. 78
Build a Custom Table Style ................................................................................................. 80
Create a Custom Color Scheme ......................................................................................... 82
Create a Custom Font Scheme ........................................................................................... 84
Save a Custom Workbook Theme ..................................................................................... 86
Build a Custom Header and Footer ................................................................................... 88
Customize the Excel Status Bar .......................................................................................... 90
Minimize the Ribbon ............................................................................................................ 91

Paste a Formulas Result ..................................................................................................... 94

Show Formulas Instead of Results ..................................................................................... 96
Use a Watch Window to Monitor a Cell Value ................................................................ 98
Use Absolute Cell References in a Formula ...................................................................100
Create an Array Formula...................................................................................................102
Apply Range Names to Formulas ....................................................................................104
Create a Link to Another Worksheet ...............................................................................106
Combine Two Ranges Arithmetically...............................................................................108
Troubleshoot a Formula by Stepping Through Each Part ............................................110
Skip Data Tables When Calculating Workbooks............................................................112
Turn On Iterative Calculations ..........................................................................................114
Display Text Rather than Error Values.............................................................................116
Check for Formula Errors in a Worksheet ......................................................................118
Audit a Formula to Locate Errors .....................................................................................120

Highlight Cells That Meet Some Criteria .........................................................................124

Highlight the Top or Bottom Values in a Range ............................................................126
Analyze Cell Values with Data Bars .................................................................................128
Analyze Cell Values with Color Scales.............................................................................130
Analyze Cell Values with Icon Sets ..................................................................................132
Create a Custom Conditional Formatting Rule ..............................................................134
Calculate Multiple Solutions to a Formula .....................................................................136
Plug Multiple Input Values into a Formula .....................................................................138
Calculate the Break-Even Point ........................................................................................142
Consolidate Data from Multiple Worksheets .................................................................144
Filter Table Data..................................................................................................................148
Remove Duplicate Values from a Table ..........................................................................150
Create an Outline Automatically ......................................................................................152
Enable the Analysis ToolPak Add-In ................................................................................154

Build a PivotTable from an Excel Table...........................................................................158

Create a PivotTable from External Data ..........................................................................160
Refresh PivotTable Data ....................................................................................................164
Add Multiple Fields to the Row or Column Area...........................................................166
Add Multiple Fields to the Data Area ..............................................................................168
Move a Field to a Different Area ......................................................................................170
Apply a Report Filter ..........................................................................................................172
Apply a PivotTable Quick Style .........................................................................................174
Change the PivotTable Summary Calculation ................................................................176
Customize the PivotTable Field List .................................................................................178
Create a PivotChart from a PivotTable ............................................................................179

Understanding External Data ............................................................................................182

Import Data from a Data Source .....................................................................................184
Import Data from an Access Table ..................................................................................186
Import Data from a Word Table ......................................................................................188
Import Data from a Text File ............................................................................................190
Import Data from a Web Page .........................................................................................194
Import Data from an XML File..........................................................................................196
Refresh Imported Data ......................................................................................................198
Separate Cell Text into Columns ......................................................................................200

Understanding Microsoft Query.......................................................................................204

Define a Data Source .........................................................................................................206
Start Microsoft Query.........................................................................................................210
Tour the Microsoft Query Window ..................................................................................211
Add a Table to the Query..................................................................................................212
Add Fields to the Query ....................................................................................................214
Filter the Records with Query Criteria .............................................................................216
Sort the Query Records .....................................................................................................218
Return the Query Results ..................................................................................................220

Open a Read-Only Version of a Workbook ....................................................................224

Mark a Workbook as Final to Avoid Accidental Editing ...............................................226
Protect Workbooks by Shortening the AutoRecover Interval ......................................228
Specify the Cells that Users Can Edit ...............................................................................230
Hide a Formula ...................................................................................................................232
Protect a Range with a Password .....................................................................................234
Protect the Data in a Worksheet ......................................................................................236
Protect a Workbooks Windows and Structure ..............................................................238
Restore a Previous Version of a Workbook....................................................................240
Hide a Worksheet ...............................................................................................................242
Track Workbook Changes .................................................................................................244

Open a Workbook in Protected View ..............................................................................248

Block Dangerous Excel File Types ....................................................................................250
Set the Macro Security Level ............................................................................................252
Digitally Sign Your Excel Macros ......................................................................................254
Create a Trusted Location for Opening Files .................................................................256
Inspect a Workbook for Private Data ..............................................................................258
Assign a Password to a Workbook ..................................................................................260
Turn On Parental Control in Excel ...................................................................................262
Disable External Data Connections and Links................................................................264
Apply a Digital Signature to a Workbook .......................................................................266

Record a Macro ..................................................................................................................270

Open the VBA Editor ..........................................................................................................272
Explore the Excel Object Model........................................................................................274
Add a Macro to a Module .................................................................................................276
Run a Macro ........................................................................................................................278
Assign a Shortcut Key to a Macro ....................................................................................280
Assign a Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar .................................................................282
Assign a Macro to the Ribbon ..........................................................................................284