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Worksheet views
‘Beta’ and ‘A0’ values and watch their affects on the calculations in the lower half of the
window.
You can also split the window vertically as described below – with the same results, being
able to scroll both parts of the window independently. With both horizontal and vertical
splits, you have four independent windows to scroll.
Splitting the screen vertically
To split the screen vertically:
1) Move the mouse pointer into the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the screen and
place it over the small button on the right with the black triangle.
2) Immediately to the right of this button you will see a thick black line. Move the mouse
pointer over this line and it will turn into a line with two arrows.
3) Hold down the left mouse button and a grey line will appear, running up the page.
Drag the mouse to the left and this line will follow.
4) Release the mouse button and the screen will be split into two views each with its own
horizontal scroll bar.
Splitting the screen horizontally and vertically at the same time will give four views, each
with its own vertical and horizontal scroll bars.
Removing Split Views
• Double click on each split line, or
• Click on and drag the split lines back to their places at the ends of the scroll bars, or
• Go to the Window menu and de-select Split. This will remove all split lines at the
same time.
Entering data into a worksheet
Standard entry techniques
Entering numbers
Select the cell and type in the number using either the top row of the keyboard or the numeric
keypad.
To enter a negative number, either type a minus (–) sign in front of it or enclose it in brackets
( ).
By default numbers are right-aligned and negative numbers have a leading minus symbol.
Entering text
Select the cell and type the text. Text is left-aligned by default.
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