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Getting Started with Excel

chapter 1

PART I

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2 Right-click on the

selection.

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The Mini toolbar and

Context menu appear,

with the Mini toolbar

above the Context

menu.

1 Select a cell or range

of cells.

Note: See Chapter 4 for

more on selecting cells.

Work with the Mini Toolbar and Context Menu

ou can use the Mini toolbar and the Context

menu to help you quickly format text without

switching to the Home tab. The Mini toolbar

and the Context menu always appear together when

you right-click on cells that contain text or numbers,

shapes, text boxes, WordArt, pictures, charts, Clip

Art, or SmartArt.

In most cases, the Mini toolbar and the Context

menu contain a combination of the most commonly

used commands available in the Clipboard, Font,

Alignment, and Number groups on the Home tab.

You will notice, though, that the commands on the

Mini toolbar change when you select pictures,

charts, Clip Art, or SmartArt to reflect the commands

you need when working with these types of objects.

The commands that appear on the Context menu,

also called a shortcut menu, also change depending

on the content of the cells or the type of object with

which you are working. That is, Excel displays only

those commands on the menu that are relevant to

the information in the cells or the type of object you

select; this is how the menu got its name.

Work with the Mini Toolbar

and Context Menu

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