Excel 2010 Formatting Cells

Excel 2010

Formatting Cells

Introduction

 

Formatting Text

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To Change the Font:

1. Select the cells you want to modify.
2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the font command on the Home tab. The font drop-down menu appears.
3. Move your mouse over the various fonts. A live preview of the font will appear in the worksheet.
   Changing the font
4. Select the font you want to use.

To Change the Font Size:

1. Select the cells you want to modify.
2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the font size command on the Home tab. The font size drop-down menu appears.
3. Move your mouse over the various font sizes. A live preview of the font size will appear in the worksheet.
   Changing the font size
4. Select the font size you want to use.

The Grow Font and Shrink Font commands

To Use the Bold, Italic, and Underline Commands:

1. Select the cells you want to modify.
2. Click the Bold (B), Italic (I), or Underline (U) command on the Home tab.
   The Bold, Italic, and Underline commands
   

   To Add a Border:

   1. Select the cells you want to modify.
   2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Borders command on the Home tab. The border drop-down menu appears.
      Adding a border
   3. Select the border style you want to use.

   You can draw borders and change the line style and color of borders with the Draw Borders tools at the bottom of the Borders drop-down menu.

   To Change the Font Color:

   1. Select the cells you want to modify.
   2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the font color command on the Home tab. The color menu appears.
   3. Move your mouse over the various font colors. A live preview of the color will appear in the worksheet.
      Adding a font color
   4. Select the font color you want to use.

   Your color choices are not limited to the drop-down menu that appears. Select More Colors at the bottom of the menu to access additional color options.

   To Add a Fill Color:

   1. Select the cells you want to modify.
   2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the fill color command on the Home tab. The color menu appears.
   3. Move your cursor over the various fill colors. A live preview of the color will appear in the worksheet.
      Adding a fill colorSelect the fill color you want to use.

To Change Horizontal Text Alignment:

1. Select the cells you want to modify.
2. Select one of the three horizontal Alignment commands on the Home tab.
• Align Text Left: Aligns text to the left of the cell.
• Center: Aligns text to the center of the cell.
• Align Text Right: Aligns text to the right of the cell.
  Aligning Text Left

To Change Vertical Text Alignment:

1. Select the cells you want to modify.
2. Select one of the three vertical Alignment commands on the Home tab.
• Top Align: Aligns text to the top of the cell.
• Middle Align: Aligns text to the middle of the cell.
• Bottom Align: Aligns text to the bottom of the cell.
  Top Aligning Text

By default, numbers align to the bottom-right of cells and words or letters align to the bottom-left of cells.

Formatting Numbers and Dates

One of the most useful features of Excel is its ability to format numbers and dates in a variety of ways. For example, you might need to format numbers with decimal places, currency symbols ($), percent symbols (%), etc.

To Format Numbers and Dates:

1. Select the cells you want to modify.
2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Number Format command on the Home tab.
   Accessing Number Format commands
3. Select the number format you want.

Review the following interactive to learn about the different number formats.