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Chapter 1
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Navigating in Excel and Understanding the Interface
At the top of the task pane is a title bar that shows the name of the task pane you are seeing,
and it has a black downward-pointing arrow to the right of it. Click that arrow to see the var-
ious choices, such as the New Workbook task pane and the Clip Art task pane.
Table 1.1 briefly explains the purpose of each task pane. You will learn how to use each of
them in future chapters when they are utilized.
TABLE 1.1 Elements of the Task Pane
Task Pane Purpose
Getting Started/
Help/Search Results/
Template Help
These four task panes help you find what you need to know about
Excel.
Clip Art This pane gives you access to Microsoft’s Clip Art Gallery to search
for pictures, sounds, and movie files to include in your workbook.
There’s also a Clip Organizer that lets you include your own files in
the gallery.
Research Use this task pane to get more information from dictionaries, a the-
saurus, an encyclopedia, and more.
Task Pane Choices
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