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Worksheet Formatting 7<br />

n Pattern<br />

n Protection (locked and hidden)<br />

The real power of styles is apparent when you change a component of a style. All cells that use that named<br />

style automatically incorporate the change. Suppose that you apply a particular style to a dozen cells scattered<br />

throughout your worksheet. Later, you realize that these cells should have a font size of 14 points<br />

rather than 12 points. Rather than change each cell, simply edit the style. All cells with that particular style<br />

change automatically.<br />

Applying styles<br />

The designers of Excel 2007 have revamped this underutilized feature significantly and Excel now includes<br />

a good selection of predefined named styles. Figure 7.11 shows the effect of choosing Home ➪ Styles ➪<br />

Cell Styles. Note that this display is a “live preview” — as you move your mouse over the style choices, the<br />

selected cell or range temporarily displays the style. When you see a style you like, click it to apply the style<br />

to the selection.<br />

FIGURE 7.11<br />

Excel 2007 displays samples of available cell styles.<br />

NOTE<br />

By default, all cells use the Normal style.<br />

After you apply a style to a cell, you can apply additional formatting to it by using any formatting method<br />

discussed in this chapter. Formatting modifications that you make to the cell don’t affect other cells that use<br />

the same style.<br />

You have quite a bit of control over styles. In fact, you can do any of the following:<br />

n Modify an existing style<br />

n Create a new style<br />

n Merge styles from another workbook into the active workbook.<br />

The following sections describe these procedures.<br />

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