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Excel 2007 Formatting - Applying Styles

Applying Formatting in Excel 2007

Applying Formatting in Excel 2007

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Excel 2007 Formatting - applying styles

Note: For help on these steps, refer to the image above.

  1. Drag select cells A2 to D2.

  2. Click on the Home tab.

  3. Click on the Cell Styles option on the ribbon to open the cell styles option menu.

  4. Choose the blue Accent1 option in the bottom left part of the menu box to change the background color of cells A2 - D2 to dark blue and the text in these cells to white.

  5. Drag select cells A8 to D8.

  6. Repeat steps 2 - 4 above.

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