7. Tables and lists (Excel lists / tables) . Excel 2003 calls them lists but in Excel 2007 is called tables. No matter what names they are called, this feature allows you to define a range of cells, sorting, filtering, and summing columns easily, and also possible insert and add rows without adjusting your formulas. Excel 2007 also offers many pre-defined table styles to make formatting easy. In Excel 2003, check the boxes and select Data | Lists | Create List from the menu. In Excel 2007, click Table on the Insert ribbon.
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8. Get data from the Web . You meet a statistics table of data on a certain Web site; and want to drag them into Excel! From the Web click in the Data ribbon (in Excel 2003, select Data | Import External Data | New Web Query from the menu). Copy / paste the web address from your web browser into the New Web Query dialog box. An arrow icon will appear next to each table that Excel can import; Click one or more of them, then click the Import button. Immediate data will be in your nature. It has an online sale status - click the Refresh Data button in the floating toolbar (2003) or Refresh All button in Data ribbon (2007) to update your spreadsheet with the latest data.
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