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Table of contents
Startup and Settings
What's new in Microsoft Office Excel 2003
What's new in Microsoft Office 2003
Getting Help
Open the Office Readme file
Get information about your program and computer
Icons in the Search Results task pane
Show or hide the Type a question for help box
Change the appearance of a Help topic
Print a Help topic
Troubleshoot Help
The Office Assistant
About tips and messages from the Office Assistant
Select a different Office Assistant
Display tips and messages through the Office Assistant
Hide or show the Office Assistant
Turn the Office Assistant sound on or off
Show or hide the Office Assistant in wizards
Other Resources
About the Office Resource Kit
About research services
About getting help while you work
Add or change research services
Get Help for Visual Basic for Applications
Complete an Office Web-based training course
Look up words in the dictionary
Get help from Microsoft Product Support services
Look up words in the thesaurus
Research search tips
Reference Encarta Encyclopedia
Show the Tip of the Day when an Office program starts
Microsoft Office Online
Search for help, templates, and additional online content on Microsoft Office Online
Give feedback for Microsoft Office Online or an Office program
About product activation in Microsoft Office System products
Accessibility
About creating accessible Office documents
Accessibility features in Excel
Accessibility features in Office Help
Using screen readers with Help
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Installing and Customizing
Install or remove individual components in Office
Excel specifications and limits
What's installed with Excel
Change Office's appearance
Customize
Automatically repair Office programs
About disabled features
What happened to the Office Shortcut Bar?
Troubleshoot installing an Office program
Stop being prompted to get updates for a document
Changing What You See on the Screen
Show or hide multiple program buttons on the Windows Taskbar
Change the screen resolution
Show all buttons or commands
Show all windows on the Windows desktop
Changing Defaults and Settings
About the default working folder
Customize how Excel starts
Show or hide actual fonts in the font list
Change the color palette in a workbook
Automatically start an Office program when you turn on your computer
Change the program that starts when you open a file
Turn off the Office Clipboard
Show or hide toolbar ScreenTips
Show or hide shortcut keys in ScreenTips
Toolbars and Commands
About menus and toolbars
Create a custom toolbar
Add a button, menu, or command
Assign a hyperlink to a toolbar button or menu command
Delete a button or menu command
Move or copy a button, menu, or menu command
Assign or change a keyboard accelerator
Attach a custom toolbar to a workbook
Group related buttons and menus on a toolbar
Move a submenu anywhere on the screen
Rename a button, menu command, or menu
Delete a toolbar or menu
Show or hide a toolbar
Move a toolbar
Animate menus
Resize a toolbar
Add, change, or delete sounds used with buttons and menu commands
Change a picture on a button
Change the size of a toolbar button or drop-down list box
Display an icon, text or both on a menu command or button
Rename a custom toolbar
Restore original settings for buttons, commands, or toolbars
Save more than one toolbar configuration
Use custom toolbars from earlier Excel versions
Troubleshoot toolbars and menus
Components and Add-Ins
About add-in programs
Add-in programs included with Excel
Load or unload add-in programs
Troubleshoot add-ins
Upgrading Excel
Upgrading from earlier product versions
Managing Files
Copy the window or screen contents
Format a disk
Creating and Opening Workbooks
Move a file
Copy a file
Open/Save As
Create a new workbook
Open a file
Open an Office Binder file
Rename a file
Select multiple files
Add an open file to the Favorites folder
Delete a file
Connect to a network drive
Go back to the previous drive, folder, or Internet location
Troubleshoot opening files
Finding Files and Setting Properties
About finding files
Find a file
Tips for finding files
Change the default working folder
Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar
Troubleshoot finding files
Show, hide, or change the list of recently used workbooks on the File menu
Set or clear read-only status for a workbook file
Tips for better search results
View all hidden file types and file name extensions
File Properties
About file properties
View file properties
Change file properties
Create custom file properties
Create custom file properties for the active document
Saving and Closing Files
About places to save files
Save a file
Change the default file format for saving workbooks
Display the Properties dialog box when saving workbooks
Save an Office document as a TIFF file
Troubleshoot saving files
Save a workbook in another file format
Save workbooks in an arranged workspace
Troubleshoot saving and closing files
About enabling and disabling the AutoRepublish feature
Templates
About Excel templates and forms
About templates
Create a template
Settings you can save in a template
Troubleshoot templates
File Recovery
About document recovery
About Office Safe Mode
Change the save interval for automatic file recovery
Recover files
Enable items that were disabled by Office Safe Mode
Recover a program that is not responding
Troubleshoot file recovery
Handwriting and Speech
Show or hide the Language bar
Handwriting Recognition
About handwriting recognition
About ink features in Office
Install handwriting recognition
Use handwriting recognition
Handwriting recognition toolbars
Change handwriting recognition options
Change the handwriting recognition language
Correct handwriting
Select ink
Copy and paste ink
About using ink in Excel
Delete ink
Change color of ink
Insert ink in a worksheet
Switch pens
Change thickness of ink
Resize ink
Troubleshoot ink in Excel
Delete all ink annotations
Handwriting in East Asian Languages
About handwriting recognition in East Asian languages
Use handwriting recognition in East Asian languages
Change handwriting recognition options in East Asian languages
Handwriting recognition toolbars in East Asian languages
Troubleshoot handwriting recognition in East Asian languages
Speech Recognition
About speech recognition
Installing and Training
Install and train speech recognition
Position the speech recognition microphone
Create and use speech recognition user profiles
Using Speech Recognition
About speech playback
Getting started with speech recognition
Format text by using speech recognition
Things you can do and say with speech recognition
Use speech recognition
How to speak to a computer
Play back worksheet data
Turn on or off the speech recognition microphone
Switch between using Dictation and Voice Command modes
Turn off speech playback
Add to or delete from the speech recognition dictionary
Correct speech recognition errors
Language bar speech recognition messages
Speech Recognition Options
Change speech playback settings
Change speech recognition engines
Troubleshoot Handwriting and Speech Recognition
Troubleshoot handwriting recognition
Troubleshoot speech recognition
Printing
About printing
Print
Cancel printing
Print discussions
Check the progress of your print job
Print preview commands
Troubleshoot printing
Print
Printer Setup
Find a printer
Set up a new printer
Set the default printer
Print Options
Print a worksheet to fit a paper width or a number of pages
Select a paper source
Print in black and white
Preview a page before printing
Print landscape or portrait
Print with or without cell gridlines
Print more than one copy
Send a fax
Set paper size for printing
Set print resolution and quality
Set the printing order of pages
Add, delete, or move page breaks
Define what part of the worksheet to print
Set margins for printing
Print row and column headings or labels on every page
Replace error values when printing
Print a workbook to a file
Print a worksheet with formulas displayed
Headers and Footers
Add headers and footers for printing
Change the font in header and footer text
Change the page number for the first page
Insert date and time in a header or footer
Insert a graphic in a header or footer
Insert a file name in a header or footer
Workbooks and Worksheets
Troubleshoot workbooks and worksheets
About Document Workspaces
Formatting Worksheets
Change the color of cell gridlines
Delete sheets
Display or hide a workbook or sheet
Display or hide rows or columns
Display or hide scroll bars
Display or hide sheet tabs
Add color to sheet tabs
Display or hide the status bar
Hide cell gridlines
Insert a new worksheet
Name cells in a workbook
Move or copy sheets
Rename a sheet
Troubleshoot formatting worksheets
Page Setup
Arranging Windows and Viewing Worksheets
About viewing workbooks and worksheets
Change the number of worksheets in a new workbook
Close workbook windows
Remove the split from a window or unfreeze a pane
Reset workbook and worksheet settings
Switch to full or normal screen view
View multiple sheets or workbooks at the same time
View two parts of a sheet by splitting or freezing panes
Zoom the display
Minimize a window
Minimize all program windows on the Windows desktop
Restore a minimized window
Compare workbooks side by side
Saving Display and Print Settings as a View
Create or delete custom views
Display a custom view
Print a custom view
Working with Data
Entering Data
About filling in data based on adjacent cells
Create, change, or delete a custom fill series
Change which cell is selected next
Insert a symbol
Stop automatically completing file names and URLs
Turn on or off automatic completion of cell entries
Turn on or off drag-and-drop editing
Turn on or off the message about overwriting non-blank cells
Troubleshoot entering and selecting data
About single-mapped cells
Format Cells
Entering and Editing Data
Enter data in worksheet cells
Allow editing directly in a cell or restrict editing to the formula bar
Selecting Data
Scroll through a worksheet
Select data or cells
Select named ranges or cell references
Select sheets
Select cells containing specific data
Show or hide the total row in a list
Troubleshoot entering and selecting data
Editing Data
Change the separator for thousands and decimals
Clear cell formats or contents
Delete cells, rows, or columns
Edit cell contents
Insert blank cells, rows, or columns
Stop automatic corrections
Turn on or off Insert Options
Transpose rows and columns
Undo or redo an action
Use a data entry form to edit a range or list
Troubleshoot editing data
Troubleshoot automatic corrections
Troubleshoot data validation
Add or delete rows or columns to a list
Create a list
Find and Replace
Spell Checking
About checking and correcting spelling
Check spelling
Create a custom dictionary
Troubleshoot spelling
Copying and Moving Data
About moving and copying data
Create a consecutive list of dates
Display or hide the fill handle
Fill data within a row or column
Find cells that match a format
Find text or numbers
Move or copy cells
Move rows or columns
Prevent copied blank cells from replacing data
Replace text or numbers
Turn on or off Paste Options
Paste Special
Using the Office Clipboard
About collecting and pasting multiple items
Collect and paste among programs
Display the contents of the Office Clipboard
Clear items from the Office Clipboard
Turn Office Clipboard command options on or off
Troubleshoot collecting and pasting
Filtering and Sorting Data
About filtering
Filter a range
Filter by using advanced criteria
Filter for unique records
Find a record by using a data form
Guidelines for entering data on a worksheet
Remove filters
Wildcard characters
Default sort orders
Sort a range
When a range contains some numbers stored as text
Troubleshoot sorting
Sort
Using Lists
About lists
Publish a list
Convert a list to a range
About list features
About publishing lists
Unlink a list
Importing Data
About importing data
Import a text file
Import or connect to data
Troubleshoot importing data
Working with OLAP Data
About installing OLAP providers
About OLAP source data in PivotTable and PivotChart reports
About offline cube files
Create an offline cube file from an OLAP server database
Create an OLAP query file to connect to an OLAP database
Delete an offline cube file
Include different data in an offline cube file
Reconnect to an OLAP server
Refresh an offline cube file
Work with OLAP data offline
Troubleshoot OLAP cubes
Creating and Running Queries
Change the query for an external data range
Copy an external data range and its underlying query
Customize a parameter query
Run a query in the background or while you wait
Setting Up Microsoft Query and Data Sources
About installing an ODBC driver
About sharing data connections
Data sources you can access
Working with External Data on a Worksheet
About OLAP source data in PivotTable and PivotChart reports
Change how an imported text file looks
Change the name of an external data range
Copy formulas when an external data range expands
Create a report template for importing data
Customize field names in an external data range
Delete an external data range
Find an external data range
Freeze data in an external data range
Refresh imported data
Specify how new data is added to an external data range
Formatting Data
About formatting worksheets and data
Borders and Shading
Apply or remove cell borders
Apply or remove cell shading
Apply a border around a page
Add or remove a sheet background pattern
Conditional Formatting
Add, change, or remove conditional formats
Find cells that have conditional formats
Cell Size and Text Positioning
Change column width and row height
Define the default column width
Display multiple lines of text within a cell
Position data in a cell
Number Formats
Add or remove a currency symbol
Change the number of decimal places displayed
Convert numbers stored as text to numbers
Create or delete a custom number format
Display minus signs on negative numbers
Display numbers as dates or times
Display numbers as fractions or percentages
Display numbers as postal codes, Social Security numbers, or phone numbers
Display numbers with scientific notation
Display or hide all values in a cell
Display or hide the thousands separator in a number
Format numbers as text
Number format codes
Reset a number format
Stop rounding numbers
Styles
Apply a style
Copy styles from another workbook
Create or delete a style
Save styles to use in new workbooks
Text and Data
Apply or remove automatic formatting on a range of cells
Change formatting of text
Copy formats from one cell or range to another
Merge or split cells or data
Turn on or off extended formats and formulas
Validating Cell Entries
Change data validation settings
Copy data validation settings
Designate valid cell entries
Display or hide circles around invalid data
Find cells that have data validation
Remove data validation
Enter data in a cell from a list you specify
Troubleshoot data validation
Analyzing Data
Summarizing Data in Lists and Tables
Troubleshoot lists
Automatic Subtotals
About subtotals
Insert subtotals
Remove subtotals
Summary functions for data analysis
Outlining
About outlining a worksheet
Create an outline
Show or hide outlined data
Remove an outline
Troubleshoot outlining a worksheet
Consolidation
About consolidating data
Consolidate data
Change a data consolidation
Troubleshoot data consolidation
Summary functions for data analysis
Performing What-If Analysis on Worksheet Data
About Goal Seek
Adjust the value of a cell to get a specific result for another cell
Data Tables
About data tables
Add a formula to a one-variable data table
Clear a data table
Convert resulting data table values to constant values
Create a one-variable data table
Create a two-variable data table
Speed up calculation of a worksheet that contains a data table
Solver
About Solver
Add, change, or delete a constraint in Solver
Change how Solver finds solutions
Create a Solver report
Define and solve a problem by using Solver
Load a Solver problem model
Reapply the default Solver settings
Save a Solver problem model
Save adjustable cell values in Solver as a scenario
Step through Solver trial solutions
Troubleshoot Solver
Scenarios
About scenarios
Create a scenario
Create a scenario summary report
Delete a scenario
Display a scenario
Edit a scenario
Merge scenarios from another worksheet
Prevent changes to a scenario
Forms
About forms
About controls: when to use ActiveX or Forms toolbar controls
About data entry forms
Add a Forms toolbar control
Add an ActiveX control
Change a control
Create a dialog box
Create a macro for an ActiveX control
Create an on-screen, printed, or Web form
Move or resize a control
Types of controls and their properties
Fill out an on-screen form
Troubleshoot controls
Formulas
Creating Formulas
About calculation operators
About formulas
About functions
About nesting functions within functions
Create a formula
Delete a formula
Move or copy a formula
Select cells that contain formulas
Using References
About cell and range references
Name cells on more than one worksheet
Refer to the same cell or range on multiple sheets
Switch between relative, absolute, and mixed references
Array Formulas
About array formulas and array constants
Create an array formula
Edit an array formula
Select a range of cells that contains an array formula
Names and Labels
About labels and names in formulas
Change cell references in formulas to names
Change or delete a defined name
Create a name to represent a formula or a constant
Determine what a name refers to
Common Formulas
Examples of commonly used formulas
Conditional Formulas
Count unique entries in a range of data
Create conditional formulas by using the IF function
Date and Time Formulas
Add dates
Add times
Calculate the difference between two dates
Calculate the difference between two times
Convert times
Count days before a date
Insert Julian dates
Insert the current date and time in a cell
Show dates as the day of the week
Math Formulas
Add numbers
Calculate a running balance
Calculate the average of numbers
Calculate the median of a group of numbers
Calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage
Calculate the smallest or largest number in a range
Check if a number is greater than or less than another number
Convert measurements
Count cells that contain numbers
Count numbers greater than or less than a number
Create a multiplication table
Divide numbers
Hide error values and error indicators in cells
Increase or decrease a number by a percentage
Multiply numbers
Raise a number to a power
Round a number
Subtract numbers
Text Formulas
Change the case of text
Check if a cell contains text
Merge or split cells or data
Combine first and last names
Combine text and numbers
Combine text with a date or time
Compare cell contents
Count nonblank cells
Remove characters from text
Remove spaces from the beginning and end of a cell
Repeat a character in a cell
Comparison Formulas
Display or hide zero values
Look up values in a range
Financial Formulas
About projecting values
Project values
Creating Links
About linking to another workbook or program
Break links
Change the source of a link
Change the way a linked or embedded object is displayed
Check status of and fix links
Control the startup prompt for updating links
Control when links are updated
Create a link to another cell, workbook, or program
Create a link using Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
Edit a linked or embedded object
Find links in a workbook
Open the source of a link
Troubleshoot linking with other programs
Controlling Calculations
About calculation in workbooks
About dates and date systems
Change the default date format
Change when and how formulas are calculated
Correcting Formulas
About correcting formulas
Allow or correct a circular reference
Change which cells a formula refers to
Display or hide formulas
Display the relationships between formulas and cells
Evaluate a nested formula one step at a time
Find and correct errors in formulas
Replace a formula with its result
Remove cells from a Watch Window
Watch a formula and its result
Troubleshoot tracing dependent, precedent, and error cells
Correct a ##### error
Correct a #DIV/0! error
Correct a #N/A error
Correct a #NAME? error
Correct a #NULL! error
Correct a #NUM! error
Correct a #REF! error
Correct a #VALUE! error
Working with Euro Currency
About euro currency
Convert values or formulas to euros or another currency
Format values in euro currency style
How to type the euro sign
View converted values for euros and other currencies
Troubleshoot euro currency conversion
Charts and Graphics
Charts
Creating Charts
About charts
About combination charts
About using dates in charts
Change the default chart type
Create a chart
Create, share, or delete your own chart types
Select a different chart type
Select chart items
Set up a chart for printing
Troubleshoot charts
Chart Display
Change colors in a surface chart
Change fills and lines in charts
Change number formats in charts
Change the display size of a chart sheet
Change the plot area size of a pie-of-pie or bar-of-pie chart
Change the display of multiple charts
Change the view of a 3-D chart
Clear a picture or fill effect from a chart item
Make chart data easier to read by adding bars or lines
Move and resize chart items with the mouse
Move the slices in a doughnut or pie chart
Place a chart on a worksheet or on its own chart sheet
Smooth the angles of line charts
Use a picture in a chart
View an embedded chart in a separate window
Vary colors in the same data series
Chart Axes
Add a second axis
Change a chart category axis
Change a chart value axis
Change chart axes
Data Markers, Data Labels, and Text
Add a chart title
Add a legend to a chart
Add a text box to a chart
Add data labels to a chart
Align text in chart titles and text boxes
Change data labels
Change data markers in a line, xy (scatter), or radar chart
Change data series names or legend text
Change the position of data labels automatically
Change the font used in a chart
Change the spacing between data markers in bar and column charts
Delete data labels, titles, or legends in a chart
Display or hide a data table in a chart
Display or hide gridlines in a chart
Display or hide chart tips
Edit chart and axis titles
Link a chart title or text box to a worksheet cell
Link chart data labels to worksheet cells
Rotate chart title text or axis text
Editing Chart Data
Add data to a chart
Change values in a chart
Change the hole size in a doughnut chart
Change the plotting order of data series
Change the way data is shown in a chart
Change the cell range the chart is based on
Control the display of hidden worksheet data in a chart
Delete data from a chart
Format numbers in a chart like numbers on the worksheet
Pull out slices in pie and doughnut charts
Reverse the plotting order of categories, values, or series
Error Bars and Trendlines
About error bars in charts
About forecasting and showing trends in charts
Add a trendline to a chart
Add error bars to a chart
Change error bar settings
Change trendline settings
Delete a trendline
Delete error bars
Display the R-squared value for a trendline
Equations for calculating the error amount
Equations for calculating trendlines
Drawings, Pictures, and Diagrams
About drawing objects and pictures
Graphics file types Excel can use
Show or hide the Drawing toolbar
Troubleshoot drawing objects and pictures
About Portable Network Graphics (.png) format
Save graphics in .png format
Shapes, Lines, Freeforms, and Other Drawing Objects
Copy an object
Add a shape
Draw a curve
Change a shape to another shape
Draw a freeform shape
Draw a line or connector
Add or remove arrowheads
Create a picture from cells, a chart, or an object
Delete a picture or shape
Determine if a picture is a bitmap or a drawn picture
Display or hide drawing objects or pictures
Change the shape of a freeform or curve
Create a mirror image of an object
Formatting Drawing Objects
About resizing or cropping a picture
Copy all formatting from one object to another
Add or format an object border
Add or remove a shadow
Remove an object border
Reduce the file size of your pictures
Add, change, or remove a fill
Add, change, or remove the 3-D effect from a shape
Reshape a shape
Change font in a shape or text box
Change the color of a shadow
Create transparent areas in a picture
Undo all changes to a picture
Change the contrast or brightness of a picture
Format a line or connector
Apply the same height and width to different objects
Change the margins around text in a shape or text box
Crop a picture
Change the color of a 3-D effect
Change the position of a shadow
About reducing a picture's file size
Resize a picture or shape
Restore a picture to its original size
Resize a shape or text box to fit its text
Symbols for drawing object manipulation
Troubleshoot adding borders, fills, shadows, and 3-D effects
Adding Special Text Effects
Add text to a shape or text box
Change the text in WordArt
Display cell contents in a shape or text box
Add WordArt
Grouping, Aligning, and Moving Drawing Objects
Align objects
Select objects
Group, ungroup, or regroup objects
Move a text box
Move an object
Arrange objects equal distances from each other
Move an object in increments
Move or reroute a connector
Prevent objects from moving and sizing with cells
Flip an object
Move an object forward or backward
Rotate an object
Importing Pictures and Clip Art
About finding clips
About the Clip Organizer
Find a clip
Find similar clips
Preview a clip
Add a clip to the Clip Organizer
Insert a clip
Open Clip Organizer from an Office program
View clip properties
Tips for finding clips
Insert a picture from a file
Insert a scanned or digital picture
Troubleshoot clips
Troubleshoot scanners and digital cameras
Diagrams and Organization Charts
Draw a flowchart
Change a flowchart
About organization charts
Add an organization chart
Change an organization chart
About diagrams
Add a diagram
Change a diagram
Delete an organization chart or diagram
Resize a diagram or organization chart
Troubleshoot diagrams and organization charts
PivotTable and PivotChart Reports
About PivotChart reports
About PivotTable reports
PivotTable terminology demystified
What's different after you export a PivotTable list from a Web page to Excel
Troubleshoot PivotChart reports
Troubleshoot PivotTable reports
PivotTable and PivotChart Wizard
Creating and Deleting
About PivotTable and PivotChart source data
Change a PivotChart report to a static chart
Create a chart from data in a PivotTable report
Create a PivotChart report
Create a PivotTable report
Select different source data for a PivotTable or PivotChart report
Convert an Excel 4.0 crosstab table to a PivotTable report
Delete a PivotTable report
Customizing the Appearance and Layout
Ways to customize PivotTable reports
Select data in a PivotTable report
Change the layout of a PivotChart report
Change the layout of a PivotTable report
Format a PivotTable report
Show or hide field buttons in a PivotChart report
Sort a PivotTable or PivotChart report
Change the amount of detail displayed in a PivotChart report
Change the amount of detail displayed in a PivotTable report
Display a different page in a PivotTable or PivotChart page field
Display or hide items in a PivotTable or PivotChart field
Group items in a PivotTable or PivotChart field
Rename a PivotTable field or item
Rename a field or item in a PivotChart report
Printing
About printing a PivotTable report
Print a PivotTable report
Summarizing with Totals and Formulas
About calculations and formulas in PivotTable and PivotChart reports
Display or hide totals in a PivotTable report
Change how PivotTable or PivotChart data is summarized
Create your own formula in a PivotTable or PivotChart report
Edit a PivotTable or PivotChart formula
Delete a PivotTable or PivotChart formula
Use PivotTable data in a formula outside the PivotTable report
Summary functions for data analysis
Custom calculations for PivotTable and PivotChart data fields
Retrieving and Refreshing Data
About OLAP source data in PivotTable and PivotChart reports
About retrieving PivotTable or PivotChart data one page field item at a time
Refresh data in a PivotTable or PivotChart report
Retrieve PivotTable or PivotChart page field data for each item or for all items
Query data for a PivotTable or PivotChart report in the background or while you wait
Troubleshoot Charts and Graphics
Function Reference
A bibliography of financial, statistical, and engineering methods
Worksheet functions listed by category
Database Functions
Database and List Management functions
DAVERAGE
DCOUNT
DCOUNTA
DGET
DMAX
DMIN
DPRODUCT
DSTDEV
DSTDEVP
DSUM
DVAR
DVARP
Date and Time Functions
Date and Time functions
DATE
DATEVALUE
DAY
DAYS360
EDATE
EOMONTH
HOUR
MINUTE
MONTH
NETWORKDAYS
NOW
SECOND
TIME
TIMEVALUE
TODAY
WEEKDAY
WEEKNUM
WORKDAY
YEAR
YEARFRAC
Engineering Functions
Engineering functions
BESSELI
BESSELJ
BESSELK
BESSELY
BIN2DEC
BIN2HEX
BIN2OCT
COMPLEX
CONVERT
DEC2BIN
DEC2HEX
DEC2OCT
DELTA
ERF
ERFC
GESTEP
HEX2BIN
HEX2DEC
HEX2OCT
IMABS
IMAGINARY
IMARGUMENT
IMCONJUGATE
IMCOS
IMDIV
IMEXP
IMLN
IMLOG10
IMLOG2
IMPOWER
IMPRODUCT
IMREAL
IMSIN
IMSQRT
IMSUB
IMSUM
OCT2BIN
OCT2DEC
OCT2HEX
Financial Functions
Financial functions
ACCRINT
ACCRINTM
AMORDEGRC
AMORLINC
COUPDAYBS
COUPDAYS
COUPDAYSNC
COUPNCD
COUPNUM
COUPPCD
CUMIPMT
CUMPRINC
DB
DDB
DISC
DOLLARDE
DOLLARFR
DURATION
EFFECT
FV
FVSCHEDULE
INTRATE
IPMT
IRR
ISPMT
MDURATION
MIRR
NOMINAL
NPER
NPV
ODDFPRICE
ODDFYIELD
ODDLPRICE
ODDLYIELD
PMT
PPMT
PRICE
PRICEDISC
PRICEMAT
PV
RATE
RECEIVED
SLN
SYD
TBILLEQ
TBILLPRICE
TBILLYIELD
VDB
XIRR
XNPV
YIELD
YIELDDISC
YIELDMAT
Information Functions
Information functions
CELL
COUNTBLANK
ERROR.TYPE
INFO
IS Functions
ISEVEN
ISODD
N
NA
TYPE
Logical Functions
Logical functions
AND
FALSE
IF
NOT
OR
TRUE
Lookup Functions
Lookup and Reference functions
ADDRESS
AREAS
CHOOSE
COLUMN
COLUMNS
HLOOKUP
HYPERLINK
INDEX
INDIRECT
LOOKUP
MATCH
OFFSET
ROW
ROWS
RTD
TRANSPOSE
VLOOKUP
Math Functions
Math and Trigonometry functions
ABS
ACOS
ACOSH
ASIN
ASINH
ATAN
ATAN2
ATANH
CEILING
COMBIN
COS
COSH
COUNTIF
DEGREES
EVEN
EXP
FACT
FACTDOUBLE
FLOOR
GCD
INT
LCM
LN
LOG
LOG10
MDETERM
MINVERSE
MMULT
MOD
MROUND
MULTINOMIAL
ODD
PI
POWER
PRODUCT
QUOTIENT
RADIANS
RAND
RANDBETWEEN
ROMAN
ROUND
ROUNDDOWN
ROUNDUP
SERIESSUM
SIGN
SIN
SINH
SQRT
SQRTPI
SUBTOTAL
SUM
SUMIF
SUMPRODUCT
SUMSQ
SUMX2MY2
SUMX2PY2
SUMXMY2
TAN
TANH
TRUNC
External Functions
External functions
CALL
EUROCONVERT
GETPIVOTDATA
REGISTER.ID
SQL.REQUEST
Using the CALL and REGISTER Functions
Statistical Functions
Statistical functions
AVEDEV
AVERAGE
AVERAGEA
BETADIST
BETAINV
BINOMDIST
CHIDIST
CHIINV
CHITEST
CONFIDENCE
CORREL
COUNT
COUNTA
COVAR
CRITBINOM
DEVSQ
EXPONDIST
FDIST
FINV
FISHER
FISHERINV
FORECAST
FREQUENCY
FTEST
GAMMADIST
GAMMAINV
GAMMALN
GEOMEAN
GROWTH
HARMEAN
HYPGEOMDIST
INTERCEPT
KURT
LARGE
LINEST
LOGEST
LOGINV
LOGNORMDIST
MAX
MAXA
MEDIAN
MIN
MINA
MODE
NEGBINOMDIST
NORMDIST
NORMINV
NORMSDIST
NORMSINV
PEARSON
PERCENTILE
PERCENTRANK
PERMUT
POISSON
PROB
QUARTILE
RANK
RSQ
SKEW
SLOPE
SMALL
STANDARDIZE
STDEV
STDEVA
STDEVP
STDEVPA
STEYX
TDIST
TINV
TREND
TRIMMEAN
TTEST
VAR
VARA
VARP
VARPA
WEIBULL
ZTEST
Text and Data Functions
Text and Data functions
ASC
BAHTTEXT
CHAR
CLEAN
CODE
CONCATENATE
DOLLAR
EXACT
FIND
FIXED
Hidden function
JIS
LEFT
LEN
LOWER
MID
PHONETIC
PROPER
REPLACE
REPT
RIGHT
SEARCH
SUBSTITUTE
T
TEXT
TRIM
UPPER
VALUE
Smart Tags
About smart tags
About triangle indicators in cells
Change smart tag options
Enable instant message smart tags
Check for new smart tags and actions
Get a stock quote
Remove smart tags
Use smart tags
Troubleshoot smart tags
Working with XML
About XML maps
Add an XML map to a workbook
Change the XML expansion pack attached to a smart document
Import an XML document into an existing mapping
Open an XML data file
Save or export XML data
About exporting XML data
About The XML Source Task Pane
About XML data bindings
About XML lists
Layout limitations of XML lists
Map XML elements to a worksheet
Unsupported XML schema constructs
Features and limitations of XML Spreadsheet format
XML Schema Definition (XSD) data type support
Working with Smart Documents
About smart documents
Add or delete a smart document XML expansion pack
Security and Privacy
Digital Signatures
About digital signatures
Create your own digital certificate
Add a digital signature to a file or macro project
Remove a digital signature
Review digital certificates for a file or macro project
Prompt to open a file as read-only
Workbook and Worksheet Protection
About using passwords
About worksheet and workbook protection
Remove or change a password
Change protection or passwords
Elements you can protect in worksheets and workbooks
Troubleshoot passwords
Password protect a worksheet or workbook
Remove protection and passwords
Privacy
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Privacy Statement
Microsoft Office Activation/Registration Privacy Statement
Remove personal or hidden information
Disclaimer: Use of Fictitious Names
Terms of Use
Macros
About .NET Macro Security
About macro security
Macro security levels
Macros
Troubleshoot modifying the list of trusted publishers for macros
Virus Protection
Change the security level for macro virus protection
Warn about installed templates and add-ins
About helping protect files from macro viruses
Modify the list of trusted publishers for macros
Troubleshoot Security and Privacy
More about security options and connecting to a server
Troubleshoot security and protection
Excel and the Web
Troubleshoot Excel and the Web
About connections
More about Office data connection and data retrieval service connection files
Synchronize list with SharePoint site
Use the Spreadsheet Web Part
About the Spreadsheet Web Part
Create a data-bound Spreadsheet Web Part
Create a connectable Spreadsheet Web Part
Put Excel Data on the Web
About changing data on a Web page
Insert Hyperlink
About putting Excel data on the Web
About supporting Web files and hyperlinks
About single file Web pages (MHTML)
Change and save data on a Web page
Guidelines and limitations for saving or publishing Web pages
Preview a Web page
Put Excel data on a Web page
Set an alternative text description for a picture or shape on a Web page
Optimize Web pages for a specific browser
Get and Analyze Data from the Web
About getting data from a Web page
Speed up downloading Web pages by using Vector Markup Language
About XML and Excel
Change a Web query
Copy data from a Web page
Make a Web page redirect queries
Query for data from a Web page
Refresh a Web query
Save a Web query for use in other workbooks
About using Microsoft Query to retrieve external data
More about data sources
Hyperlinks and Web Folders
About hyperlinks
Create a hyperlink
Change a hyperlink
Copy or move a hyperlink
Insert a formula link to worksheet data on your intranet or the Internet
Remove a hyperlink
Turn Microsoft Office Online featured links on or off
Select a cell that has a hyperlink in it
Set the base address for the hyperlinks in a workbook
Language-specific names for Web page supporting folders
Language-specific names for Web page supporting folders
Automate Web Pages
About Java applet support
About Web scripts
Copy or move a Java applet
Create a Web script on a Web page
Remove a Java applet from a Web page
Set the language encoding for a Web page
View or edit a Web script
Copy or move a Web script
Change the default script language
Remove Web scripts from a Web page
Show or hide script anchors on a Web page
Troubleshoot Web scripts
Work with Files on FTP Sites
Add or remove an FTP site from the list of Internet sites
View your Web start page
Change the logon name or password for an FTP site
Change your Web start page
Change your Web search page
Cancel the display of a Web page or hyperlink
Refresh the display of the active file or Web page
Show only Web toolbar buttons
Automatically update this list from the Web
Sharing Information
With Other People
About shared workspaces
About Information Rights Management
About Instant Messaging
About Office Communities
Create content with restricted permission
Send an instant message
View content with restricted permission
About Microsoft Office Document Imaging
Remove restricted permission from content
Fax a workbook
Create a Document Workspace
Delete a Document Workspace
Keep a Document Workspace document up to date
Troubleshoot shared workspaces
Shared Workbooks
About shared workbooks
About resolving conflicting changes in shared workbooks
Edit a shared workbook
Features that are unavailable in shared workbooks
Prepare workbooks to be reviewed and merged
Remove a user from a shared workbook
Resolve conflicting changes to a shared workbook
Send a review request
Share a workbook
Stop sharing a workbook
Troubleshoot shared workbooks
Sending Data for Review
About sending a file for review
Respond to a review request
End a review cycle
Troubleshoot sending a file for review
Tracking Changes
About tracking changes
Changes Excel doesn't track or highlight
Turn off change tracking
Turn on change tracking for a workbook
View tracked changes
View the History worksheet
Troubleshoot change tracking
Marking and Reviewing Changes
Accept and reject changes
Changes Excel doesn't track or highlight
Hide change highlighting
Highlight changes as you work
Merging Workbooks
Merge workbooks
Troubleshoot merging workbooks
Comments
About comments
Add a comment to a cell
Copy comments
Delete comments
Display or hide comments and their indicators
Edit a comment
Format a comment
Print comments
Resize or move a comment
Review all comments in a workbook
Troubleshoot comments
Discussions
About receiving notification of changes to a file or discussion
About Web Discussions
About system requirements for discussions and subscriptions
Subscribe to be notified of changes to a file or discussion
Cancel subscription to a file or discussion
Select a discussion server
Read a discussion
Reply to, edit, or delete a discussion comment
Close a discussion
Discuss a Web page or document
Permissions for discussions and subscriptions
Filter discussions
Show or hide discussions
Troubleshoot discussions and subscriptions
Online Meetings
About online meetings
Start an unscheduled online meeting
Accept a request for an online meeting
Schedule an online meeting
View a list of participants in an online meeting
Add a participant to an online meeting
Remove a participant from an online meeting
Open Chat in an online meeting
Change a file in an online meeting
End an online meeting
Send a file to participants in an online meeting
Troubleshoot online meetings
Open the Whiteboard in an online meeting
With Other Programs
Move or copy information between programs
Office programs you can use to create an online or printed form
Office programs you can use to create a table
Exchanging Data between Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Copy a Word table into Excel
Copy Excel data and charts to Word or PowerPoint
Create a Word mail merge with Excel data
Exchanging Data between Excel and Access
About exchanging data between Excel and Access
About data entry forms
Copy Access data into Excel
Import Excel data to an Access database
Troubleshoot exchanging data between Excel and Access
Using Excel and Outlook Together
About using e-mail and Outlook features in Excel
Create an Outlook task for a workbook
Post a file to an Exchange folder
Send a workbook or worksheet in e-mail
Share contact data between Excel and Outlook
Troubleshoot sending e-mail from Excel
Converting from Other Programs
About linking Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel worksheets
Calculation differences between Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3 formulas
Enter and evaluate formulas with Lotus 1-2-3 rules
File format converters supplied with Excel
Formatting and features that are not transferred in Excel file format conversions
Lotus 1-2-3 keyboard equivalents
Move around a worksheet by using Lotus 1-2-3 keystrokes
About converting worksheets between Excel and Lotus 1-2-3
About opening and saving files from other programs
Create a formula to calculate data on a Lotus 1-2-3 worksheet
Differences between Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3
Move Excel files between Windows and the Macintosh
Troubleshoot converting file formats
Excel and Lotus Notes
About using Excel with Lotus Notes
Insert a workbook in a Lotus Notes document or form
Use Excel data with Lotus Notes views and field exchange
Workbook file properties that correspond to Lotus Notes fields
Troubleshoot Sharing Information
Troubleshoot content with restricted permission
Automating Tasks and Programmability
Macros
About macros
Create a macro
Run a macro
Edit a macro
Delete a macro
Stop a macro
Copy a macro module to another workbook
Troubleshoot macros
Language-Specific Features
Language Setup
About Microsoft Proofing Tools
About finding and replacing characters in Indic, South Asian, or right-to-left languages
About the global interface and Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface Pack
About translation services
Check spelling in a different language
Install system support for multiple languages
Requirements for specific languages
Macro language support is disabled
Enable editing of multiple languages in Office programs
Format cells using a different locale
Locale identification numbers for language-specific files
Remove commands and controls for languages you don't use
Change the default country/region
Change the default language setting
Use a keyboard layout for a specific language
Troubleshoot working in a different language
Change the language of the user interface or Help in Office programs
Translate text
Automatic Language Detection
About automatic font switching
Encoded Text Files and Unicode
Install the universal font for Unicode
Indic
About Indic language features in Office
About automatically checking the correct sequence of characters in Indic languages
South Asian
About South Asian features in Office
Delete diacritics, ligatures, and special marks in South Asian text
Thai
About Thai worksheets
Convert Arabic numbers to Thai text format
Format numbers using Thai digits
Use Thai numbers and dates in headers and footers
East Asian
Reconvert a determined character string
Reconvert Japanese, Traditional Chinese, or Simplified Chinese text
Review a file by using Reconversion
Input Method Editors (IME)
About Input Method Editors (IMEs)
Add a word to an Input Method Editor (IME) dictionary
Install an Input Method Editor (IME)
Set the default Input Method Editor (IME)
Japanese
About the phonetic guide function
Use the phonetic guide function
Korean
About the Correct Keyboard Setting feature
Turn on Correct Keyboard Setting
Add or delete Hanja in a custom dictionary
Convert Hangul and Hanja
Right-to-Left
About right-to-left features in Office
About bidirectional fonts
About code page and text layout support for right-to-left HTML Web page files
About differences between right-to-left and left-to-right worksheets
About global text direction
About printing and previewing data on right-to-left worksheets
About right-to-left language features
Select diacritics or ligated characters
Change global text direction settings
Convert bidirectional text files to and from ANSI
Create a repeating series on a right-to-left worksheet
Display or hide control characters
Format dates using alternate calendars
Enter formulas containing right-to-left text in worksheets
About right-to-left sort order
Set a column width on a right-to-left worksheet
Set insertion point behavior
Set the direction for worksheets and charts
Set the direction of a Web page or Web page controls
Set the text direction for cells
Switch between entering right-to-left and left-to-right text in a cell
European
About multilingual features in Office
Arabic
About Arabic sort order
About the Arabic code page
Hebrew
About Hebrew sort order
About the Hebrew code page
Vietnamese
About Vietnamese worksheets
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