Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 2003 in 24 Hours

By Greg Perry

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You!
  • Introduction
  • Who Should Read This Book?
  • What This Book Does for You
  • Can This Book Really Teach Office 2003 in 24 Hours?
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Part I. Working with Office 2003
  • Hour 1. Getting Acquainted with Office 2003
  • Part II. Processing with Word 2003
  • Hour 2. Welcome to Word 2003
  • Hour 3. Formatting with Word 2003
  • Hour 4. Managing Documents and Customizing Word 2003
  • Hour 5. Advanced Word 2003
  • Part III. Computing with Excel 2003
  • Hour 6. Understanding Excel 2003 Workbooks
  • Hour 7. Restructuring and Editing Excel 2003 Worksheets
  • Hour 8. Using Excel 2003
  • Hour 9. Formatting Worksheets to Look Great
    • AutoFormatting Worksheets
    • Modifying Styles
    • Additional Formatting Options
    • Conditional Formatting
    • Separating Worksheets with Tab Colors
    • Summary
    • Q&A
  • Hour 10. Charting with Excel 2003
  • Part IV. Presenting with Flair
  • Hour 11. PowerPoint 2003 Presentations
  • Hour 12. Editing and Arranging Your Presentations
  • Hour 13. PowerPoint 2003 Advanced Features
  • Hour 14. Animating Your Presentations
  • Part V. Organizing with Outlook 2003
  • Hour 15. Communicating with Outlook 2003
  • Hour 16. Planning and Scheduling with Outlook 2003
  • Part VI. Tracking with Access 2003
  • Hour 17. Access 2003 Basics
  • Hour 18. Entering and Displaying Access 2003 Data
  • Hour 19. Retrieving Your Data
  • Hour 20. Reporting with Access 2003
  • Part VII. Combining Office 2003 and the Internet
  • Hour 21. Office 2003 and the Internet
  • Hour 22. Creating Web Content with Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
  • Part VIII. Publishing Eye-Catching Documents
  • Hour 23. Publishing with Flair Using Publisher 2003
  • Hour 24. Adding Art to Your Publications
  • Part IX. Appendixes
  • Appendix B. Business Contact Manager and Office Extras
  • Part X. Bonus Hours
  • Hour 25. Using FrontPage 2003 for Web Page Design and Creation
  • Hour 26. Managing Your Web with FrontPage

AutoFormatting Worksheets

Before diving into additional formatting commands, remember that the AutoFormat feature in Excel converts an otherwise dull worksheet into a nice-looking, professional one. You saw how simple it is to use AutoFormat in Hour 6, "Understanding Excel 2003 Workbooks," when you applied an AutoFormat to the simple worksheet you created.

Your Excel worksheet's presentation is almost as important as the data within the worksheet. If your worksheet needs sprucing up, try using AutoFormat because it gives a good-looking, consistent dimension to your entire worksheet. After AutoFormat finishes, your worksheet will have a uniform appearance. You can then add finishing touches to the worksheet, such as highlighted totals that you want to make stand out.

To use AutoFormat, select the data in your worksheet that you want to format. AutoFormat works on selected cells, so you need to select your worksheet data first. Select Format, AutoFormat to display the AutoFormat dialog box, as shown in Figure 9.1.

Figure 9.1 Let AutoFormat improve your worksheet.

Scroll through the AutoFormat samples and choose any format. When you click OK, Excel applies the format to your selected worksheet cells. Figure 9.2 shows that AutoFormat knows to highlight totals and also knows to separate headings from the data detail.

Figure 9.2 AutoFormat improved the appearance of this worksheet.

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