Chapter 1 - Excel - McGraw-Hill

HOW TO: Open the Properties Dialog Box
1. Display the Backstage view and click Info.
2. Click the Properties button to display the drop-down list
(see Figure 1-74).
3. Select Advanced Properties. The Properties dialog box opens
(Figure 1-76).
• The General, Statistics, and Contents tabs provide document
properties that are automatically created by Excel.
• The Summary and Custom tabs allow you to edit fields.
• Use the Custom tab to add custom document property fields
to your workbook.
Page Layout
The Page Layout tab includes options
that allow you to control the appearance
of your worksheet such as margins, page
orientation, and paper size (Figure 1-77).
You can also use the Page Setup dialog
box to customize worksheet settings
(Figure 1-78). To view page layout changes,
you can preview or print the worksheet.
Open the Page Setup dialog box to
change multiple page setup options at one
time. Click the Page Setup, Scale to Fit,
or Sheet Options launcher on the Page
Layout tab to open the Page Setup dialog
box (see Figure 1-78). The following table
describes each of the tabs in the Page Setup
dialog box.
1-76 Properties dialog box
1-77 Customize page setup and print options
Page Setup Dialog Box Options
1-78 Page tab in the Page Setup dialog box
Tab
Page
Margins
Header/Footer
Sheet
Tab Options
Set the Orientation to Portrait or Landscape. Scaling adjusts the size of the printed
worksheet as a percentage of the normal size, or you can use Fit to area to scale the
worksheet to print on a specific number of pages. Use the Paper size drop-down list
to select a paper size (see Figure 1-78).
Set the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins of the worksheet. You can also set the
margins for the header and footer text in the worksheet. In the Center on page area,
check the Horizontally and/or Vertically boxes to center the data in the worksheet on
a printed page (see Figure 1-79).
Add and customize headers and footers in the worksheet.
Set the Print area by selecting a specified range of cells. In the Print titles area, you
can designate certain rows or columns to repeat each time spreadsheet data spans
more than one page. You can also specify printing options such as printing titles,
gridlines, and row and column headings.
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Excel 2013 Chapter 1 Creating and Editing Workbooks