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- You have seen how to record, run, and edit macros.
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- You can record macros using the ^UMacro - Record New Macro^u option on the Tools menu.
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- Macros can be stored in the current workbook, a new workbook, or your Personal Macro Workbook.
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- Normally macros will be recorded with absolute references.
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- You can record a macro with relative references by clicking the ^URelative Reference^u button on the Stop Recording toolbar.
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- You can run macros using the ^UMacro - Macros^u option in the ^UTools^u menu.
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- In Excel, you use the Visual Basic Editor to edit macros.
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- To edit macros you choose the ^UEdit^u button in the Macro dialog box.
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- You have been introduced to some of Microsoft Excel 97's powerful database features.
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- A Microsoft Excel list can function as a flat-file database, where columns act as fields, and rows act as records.
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- You can use a data form to
- ^B½╗^b add a record to a list
- ^B½╗^b edit a record in a list
- ^B½╗^b delete a record from a list
- ^B½╗^b find a record meeting certain criteria
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- Sorting is rearranging the order of rows or columns in a list, based on values in the list.
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- You can use the Sort dialog box to rearrange a list.
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- Filtering a list refers to the selection of records meeting certain requirements.
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- You can filter an Excel list using AutoFilter, Custom AutoFilter, or Advanced Filter.
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- If you have Microsoft Query installed on your computer, you can query an external database, or the Web, from an Excel workbook.
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- A PivotTable is an interactive table useful for cross-tabulating data.
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- PivotTables can be constructed and modified using the PivotTable Wizard.
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- After making changes to source data, you must use the ^UData - Refresh Data^u command to effect the changes in associated PivotTables.
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- You have seen how linked formulas can be created, and how objects can be embedded or linked between Excel and other applications.
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- You can create links in a worksheet to
- ^B½╗^b other portions of the same worksheet
- ^B½╗^b other worksheets in the same workbook
- ^B½╗^b other workbooks
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- Formulas with links can be created
- ^B½╗^b manually
- ^B½╗^b by point-and-click
- ^B½╗^b by using the Paste Special command
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- You can easily import or export objects between Excel and other applications.
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- Linked objects are kept in the original (server) applications, so destination files are not enlarged significantly.
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- Embedded objects are contained in client files, resulting in larger files.
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- You have seen how to combine custom views and scenarios in a printed report using Report Manager.
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- You can record groups of file, print, and format settings for a worksheet as custom views in a workbook.
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- With the Custom Views dialog box you can add, delete, or show any view in a workbook.
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- You can save different sets of variable values on a worksheet as scenarios.
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- The Scenario Manager allows you to
- ^B½╗^b add new scenarios
- ^B½╗^b edit or delete existing scenarios
- ^B½╗^b view the outcome of a scenario
- ^B½╗^b merge scenarios from several worksheets or
- workbooks onto a single worksheet
- ^B½╗^b create a summary report of variable values
- (changing cells) and outcomes (result cells) for
- all the scenarios on a worksheet
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- Report Manager enables you to create a report with one or more sections.
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- Each section in a report is based on a combination of custom view and scenario for a chosen worksheet.
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