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Selecting a Group of Cells
To select a group of cells, click on the
first cell that is to be selected. Now,
press the Ctrl key from the keyboard
and click on the other cells to select. All
the selected cells will be highlighted.
Practical Window
Open Microsoft Excel 2016 workbook and practice selecting any worksheet.
Formatting Text
Excel’s text formatting capabilities can make the results of your financial, statistical or
scientific spreadsheet calculations more esthetically pleasing and easier to follow. You
can use one of several Excel themes with predefined font families, colour schemes
and text fill effects and apply them to the whole spreadsheet. You can also make
discrete changes in the text style of individual cells by using “Font group” options in
Excels “Home” Tab ribbon.
8 The Font Group : The font group commands change the appearance of text
within a cell or of the cell itself.
8 The Alignment Group : The alignment group commands change the position of
text within a cell or cells.
8 The Number Group : The number group commands change the format of
numbers and dates within a cell.
Formatting can be applied to a whole worksheet, a range of cells within a worksheet,
individual cells and sometimes even text within a cell.
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