Brother Ensemble PDP-100J, Owner'S Manual

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Spreadsheet 163
Using Different Text Styles
Using different text styles can help to highlight important information and
improve the overall appearance of a spreadsheet. You can change the text
style for any cell or range of cells in your spreadsheet, whether they
contain labels, values, or formulas.
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To change the style of text:
1. Select the cell or range of cells you want to change.
2. Select Styles from the Properties menu.
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Plain (the text style without bold, italic, or underline)
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Bold
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Underline
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Strikethru
S Superscript
(e.g. a
2 +
b
2 =
c
2
)
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Subscript
(e.g. H
2
O)
The styles Plain, Bold, Italic, and Underline also can be selected by
clickingon an icon in the Basic Function tool bar.
Formatting Spreadsheets
This chapter describes how to do the following:
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Show and print grid lines
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Display cell borders
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Create headers and footers
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Add tone, shades of gray, or various patterns
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Create notes
Showing Grid Lines
A grid is the matrix of horizontal or vertical lines dividingthe spreadsheet
into rows and columns. Each individual line is a grid line You can show
grid lines on screen and print your spreadsheet with or without the grid
lines. The default settingfor grid lines is to display them; however, you
can create interestingeffects by turningoff the grid lines and addingcell
borders as described in the next section.
You can apply more than one style
to your text, such as bold italic
.
When you select either superscript
or subscript, the contents of the cell
will be either all superscript or all
subscript. You cannot make a
portion of the cell’
s contents
superscript or subscript.
You can use a number of options
to change the appearance of your
spreadsheet. These options do
not affect calculations; they
simply make the spreadsheet
more attractive and allow
you to
highlight information to show its
importance. Y
ou will find these
visual enhancements particularly
helpful if you want to make
presentations.