Datasheet

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Chapter 1: Getting Started
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Excel executes the command.
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In this example, Excel applies a fill.
1 Right-click.
The Mini toolbar and context
menu appear.
2 Click a button or menu option to
select a command.
Using the Mini Toolbar and Context Menu
When you select within a cell or other object, the Mini
toolbar appears automatically. To prevent it from
appearing, click the File tab and then click Options.
The Excel Options dialog box appears. Click General.
The General Options for Working with Excel pane
appears. Deselect Show Mini Toolbar on Selection
(
changes to ). Click OK. You cannot easily
prevent the Mini toolbar from appearing when you
right-click.
E
xcel makes some commands readily available
via the Mini toolbar and the context menu.
When you right-click in Excel, the Mini
toolbar and a context menu appear. Most often, the
Mini toolbar appears first and the context menu
appears under it. What appears on the Mini toolbar
and context menu depends upon what you are
working on at the time you right-click. For example,
if you right-click while you have a range of cells
selected, options related to modifying cells appear. If
you right-click while you are modifying a chart,
options related to modifying a chart appear. In
general, you can use the Mini toolbar to perform
popular formatting commands. You can use the
context menu to perform popular commands related
to the object on which you are working.
Using the Mini Toolbar
and Context Menu
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