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Excel: Increase the Number of Files in the Recent File List

David W — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:56:45 +0000

In this quick tutorial we will go over how to increase the number of “remembered” files in the Microsoft Excel Recent Files list in the File Menu.

1. First, head to the Tools Menu and select Options.

2. In the menu that opens, select the General tab at the top, and locate the Recently used file list and make sure the box is checked. Then simply enter the number of files you want the program to “remember”.

3. Click OK to close the box and save your settings.

Note that you will not immediately see the recently used file list expand because Excel will only keep track of the files you’ve used since you made the above change – so files you used prior to the change will not show up in the list until you use them again, as Excel does not “remember” the previous files you were working on.

Excel Tutorial: A Guided Tour of the Excel Menus Part 4 – The Insert Menu (Video)

David W — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:58:37 +0000

In this video tutorial series we are going to take a tour of the menu items in Microsoft Excel. Instead of working through a spreadsheet example start to finish, in this series we are going to walk through the Excel menus to give you an idea of what commands are located on each menu, as well as what each of these commands do. By learning this way, you will be able to get a “big picture” feel for Excel, and because after finishing this series you will have seen where all the commands are located, you will feel as though you have a much better grasp of the program as a whole.

Here in Part 4, I will take you on a tour of the Insert menu.

Excel Tutorial: A Guided Tour of the Excel Menus Part 3 – The View Menu (Video)

David W — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:56:59 +0000

Here in Part 3, I will take you on a tour of the View menu.

Excel Tutorial: A Guided Tour of the Excel Menus Part 2 – The Edit Menu(Video)

David W — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:49:08 +0000

Here in Part 2, I will take you on a tour of the Edit menu.

Excel Tutorial: A Guided Tour of the Excel Menus Part 1 – (Video)

David W — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:11:20 +0000

Here in Part I, I will go over why we use excel, the basics of a workbook, and the File menu.

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How To: Excel Text Wrap

David W — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:15:20 +0000

It’s easy to wrap text in Microsoft Excel.

1. Click the row that has the text you’d like to wrap.

2. Click the format menu, and select cells.

3. Select Wrap Text (make sure the box is checked) and click OK.

4. View your finished results.

How to Add a Worksheet to an Excel Workbook

David W — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:57:01 +0000

An Excel file (.xls) is also know as a workbook. Within a workbook there are multiple pages, or worksheets. At the bottom of the excel screen you will see the worksheets. They are by default named Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3.

In order to add a new worksheet to an existing excel:

1. Head to any of the existing Sheets titles (e.g. Sheet1) and right-click on the title. A contextual menu will appear. Then left-click on Insert. A menu will appear.

2. Go ahead and highlight “Worksheet” and click ok.

3. You will now have a new worksheet, Sheet4.

How to Add Columns in Excel

David W — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:35:59 +0000

Adding columns to excel is easy. Let’s start with an excel worksheet. I’ve labeled the first two columns “Column 1″ and “Column 2″.

Now let’s go ahead and add a column in between the two I have there already.
Go to Insert->Columns as shown below.

The image below shows the results…a new column in between “Column 1″ and “Column 2″.