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Formula - basics
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Functions Printing work
Formatting worksheets - cells Saving work
Graphics and drawing tools Security
Headers and footers Setting up a workbook
Hyperlinks Smart Art graphics
Importing and exporting data Sorting and filtering
Lines and arrows Tables
Macros Using worksheets
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Miscellaneous (basics)

Changing the start-up default options

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Accessing and using the 'Help' feature

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Autofill to increment dates and values

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Find and replace tool

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Freezing panes

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Unfreezing panes

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Splitting the screen

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Using 'Go to' cell

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Spell check

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Transposing data

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Zooming in and out

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Selecting data

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Undo, redo

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Importing and exporting data

Saving as a .csv file

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Importing data from a database

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Importing data from a text file

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Setting up a workbook

Setting the file properties

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Creating a new workbook

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Multiple workbooks

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Using workbooks

Cells - moving cells and tables

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Column - deleting one

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Column - hiding

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Column - unhiding

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Column - inserting

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Column - moving

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Column - altering width

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Row - deleting

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Row - altering height

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Scroll bars - hiding

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Tabs - renaming

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Tabs - setting tab colours

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Worksheet - making a copy

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Worksheet - deleting one

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Worksheet - inserting a new one

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Worksheet - moving position

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Worksheet - hiding

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Worksheet - showing hidden

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Formatting cells in a worksheet

Format painter

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Shading cells - colour

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Shading cells - fill effects

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Cell styles - using

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Cell styles - creating custom

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Borders - adding

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Borders - removing

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Borders - double line

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Borders - changing line colour

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Gridlines - showing

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Gridlines - hiding

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Gridlines - changing colour

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Gridlines - printing

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Showing row and column headers

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Merge cells

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Unmerge cells

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Wrapping text

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Line breaks

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Clearing contents

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Themes - applying

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Themes - fonts

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Comment boxes

Inserting a comment box

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Deleting a comment box

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Editing a comment box

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Changing the colour of a comment box

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How to show a comment box all the time

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Cutting, copying, pasting and clearing

Cut a value from a cell

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Paste no borders

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Paste values

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Paste special

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Clearing the contents of cells

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Data types

Currency format

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Date format

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Time format

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Decimal points

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Number format

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Accounting style (commas)

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Conditional formatting

Conditional formatting

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Data bars

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Icon sets

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Removing rules

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Header and footer

Header, footer - adding

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Adjusting header & footer height

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Adding an image to the header/footer

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Adjusting the size of an image in the header

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Hyperlinks

Hyperlink to a website

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Hyperlink to a document

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Hyperlink within a worksheet

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Removing a hyperlink

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Mailto hyperlink

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Text

Text formatting

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Wrapping text

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Line breaks

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Text orientation

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Symbols

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Text box - adding

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Text box - removing outer line and fill

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Tables

Creating a table

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Adding a new row to the bottom of a table

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Inserting a row in the middle of a table

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Adding a new column to a table

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Changing the table style

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Naming a table

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Sorting data in a table

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Moving a table

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Printing work

Print preview

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Page orientation - portrait/ landscape

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Print area - setting it

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Print area - remove

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Printing to one page

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Page breaks - viewing

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Page breaks - removing view

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Page breaks - setting

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Gridlines

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Row and column headers

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Rows to repeat at the top

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Margins - changing settings

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Margins - changing in print preview

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Saving work

Saving work

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Saving as 2003 compatible

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Setting default save format to 2003

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Setting the autosave (recover) options

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Default file save location

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Save as template

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Save as csv

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Graphics and drawing tools

Inserting an image

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Inserting clip art

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Resizing an image

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Cropping an image

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Rotating an image

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Deleting an image

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Styles and frames for images

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Border around an image

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Effects - shadows, glows, reflections

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Order - bring to front, send behind

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Grouping and ungrouping objects

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Aligning objects

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Brightness and contrast

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Making an image black and white

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Recolouring an image

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Transparent background

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Basic shapes - drawing

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Basic shapes - adding effects

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Lines and arrows

Line - drawing

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Line - changing width

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Line - changing colour

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Line - effects e.g. bevel, shadow

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Dashed line

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Arrow

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Arrow - changing the style

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Arrows - other types

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Smart Art Graphics

Creating a Smart Art graphic

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Changing the design

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Changing colours

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Applying styles

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Adding further boxes

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Adding bullet points

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Formulas - basics

Relative cell reference

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Absolute cell reference

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Autofill - replicating a formula

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Hiding and showing a formula

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Include a value from another sheet in a formula

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Named range - creating

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Named range - go to

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Named range - delete

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Named range - rename

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Named range - using in a formula

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Sum, average, count with no formula

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Formulas

Addition

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Divide

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Multiplication

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Subtract

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Functions

AVERAGE

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CONCATENATE (basic)

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CONCATENATE (advanced)

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COUNT

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COUNTA

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COUNTBLANK

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COUNTIF

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HLOOKUP

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IF

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IF OR

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IF AND

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NESTED IF

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MAX

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MEDIAN

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MIN

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MODE

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NOW (date today)

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RANDBETWEEN

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RANK

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ROUND

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ROUNDDOWN

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ROUNDUP

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SUM

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SUMIF

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VLOOKUP

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Sorting and filtering

Single column sort in a table

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Multiple column sort in a table

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Custom list sort

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Create new custom list sort

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Auto filter basics

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Auto filter - display all rows in filtered list

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Auto filter - customising search criteria

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Charts and graphs

Column chart - creating

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Chart title - adding

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Chart title background colour

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Chart title - formatting text

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Legend - show, hide, move

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Data labels - adding and removing

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Adding X and Y axis titles

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Gridlines - adding horizontal and vertical

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Changing the axis

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Changing the chart style

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Changing the chart type

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Creating a chart from data in non adjacent columns

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Pie chart - creating

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Pie chart - changing the style

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Pie chart - moving segments

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Line chart - creating

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Trendline - adding

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Average line - adding to a chart

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Make a chart into a new sheet

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Validation

Drop down pick list

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Validation for data entry

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Modelling

Goal seek

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Trendlines

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Macros

Developer tab

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Record a macro

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Assigning a macro to a button

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Viewing the macro code

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Closing the macro code

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Form controls

Combo box

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Spinner

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Security

Protecting a worksheet

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Unprotecting a worksheet

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Protecting a range of cells

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