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d. Select A4:A15, hold down Ctrl, and then select B4:I4.
e. Click the More button and select 40%- Accent 1 in the Themed Cell Styles category.
f. Select I15, click the More button, and then select Total in the Titles and Headings category.
8. Apply diagonal rotation to text.
a. Select A4:I4.
b. Click the Orientation button [Home tab, Alignment group].
c. Select Angle Counterclockwise.
9. Apply font attributes.
a. Select the cell range A4:A15, hold down Ctrl, and click and drag to select B4:I4.
b. Click the Font size drop-down list [Home tab, Font group] and select 12.
c. Click the Font type drop-down list [Home tab, Font group] and select Verdana.
d. Click the Bold button [Home tab, Font group].
e. Select the non-adjacent cell ranges C5:C13 and E5:F13.
f. Click Center [Home tab, Alignment group].
g. Select A1:A2 and click the Increase Font Size button [Home tab, Font group] two times.
10. Apply numeric formatting to your spreadsheet.
a. Select I5:I15.
b. Click Comma Style [Home tab, Number group].
c. Select I5, press Ctrl, and select I15.
d. Press Ctrl+1 to open the Format Cells dialog box.
e. Select the Number tab, if necessary, and select the Accounting category.
f. Change the Symbol drop-down list to $.
g. Click OK to close the Format Cells dialog box.
11. Apply date formatting to your spreadsheet.
a. Select H5:H13.
b. Click the Short Date format from the Number Format drop-down list [Home tab, Number group].
12. Increase the width of your columns.
a. Select A4:I15.
b. Click the Format button [Home tab, Cells group].
c. Select AutoFit Column Width.
13. Press Ctrl+S to save the workbook.
14. Edit a cell.
a. Double-click cell G9 to activate edit mode.
b. Delete the word Software from the cell contents and press Enter.
15. Change the width of a column.
a. Click the column G heading to select the column.
b. Click the Format button [Home tab, Cells group] and select Column Width from the menu.
c. Enter 31.0 characters as the new width.
d. Click OK.
16. Hide an existing row and insert a new row and row heading.
a. Right-click row heading 10.
b. Choose Hide from the context menu.
c. Right-click row heading 11.
d. Choose Insert from the context menu to add a new row. The new row appears directly above the
originally selected row.
e. Select cell A11 and type Hilary Marschke.
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