Datasheet

Chapter 1: Getting Started
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Excel has several buttons you
can use to align data within a
cell. Use the Align Left button
( ) to align your data with the
left side of the cell, use the Align
Right button ( ) to align data
with the right side of the cell,
and use the Center button ( )
to center data in the cell.
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2
1
•
Excel wraps your text.
ORIENTATION
1 Click the cell or cells whose
orientation you want to change.
2 Click here and select an
orientation.
•
Excel changes the orientation
of your text.
Excel has buttons you can use to
place data at the top, bottom, or
middle of the cell. Use the Top
Align button ( ) to place data at
the top of the cell, use the Middle
Align button ( ) to place data in
the middle of the cell, and use the
Bottom Align button ( ) to place
data at the bottom of the cell.
To set data off, you may want
to put it in a cell but indent it.
You can use the Increase Indent
button ( ) to increase the
amount of the indent in a field
and the Decrease Indent
button ( ) to decrease the
amount of the indent in a field.
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