ShortOuts.* Excel: Press Ctrl+1 to engage the format menu in Excel. * Excel: To quickly select a full table of contiguous cells, place your cursor anywhere in the cells and press Ctrl+ Shift+8. To select a range of data, put the cursor in the first cell and press Ctrl+Shift+8. Why it happens: Excel defines a range of data as being a series of adjacent cells that contain data. * Windows: To rename Re`name´ v. t. 1. To give a new name to. Verb 1. rename - assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" multiple files in Explorer in a single action, highlight all the files you wish to rename and right click on any one of them. Select Rename from the menu that appears and all the files will be given the same name as the one you selected with a number in brackets differentiating them. Key to Instructions To help readers follow the instructions in this article, we use two different typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
* Boldface type is used to identify the names of icons, agendas and URLs. * Sans serif Short horizontal lines added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman. Contrast with sans-serif.  type shows commands and instructions users should type into the computer and the names of files. Do you have technology questions for this column? Or, after reading an answer, do you have a better solution? Send them to contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. Stanley Zarowin via e-mail at zarowin@ mindspring.com or regular mail at the Journal of Accountancy, 201 Plaza Three, Harborside har·bor·side n. The area adjacent to a harbor. Financial Center, Jersey City, NJ 07311-3881. Because of the volume of mail, we regret we cannot individually answer submitted questions. However, if a reader's question has broad interest, we will answer it in a Technology Q&A column. On occasion you may find you cannot implement a function I describe in this column. More often than not it's because not all functions work in every operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. or application. I try to test everything in the 2000 and XP editions of Windows and Office. It's virtually impossible to test them in all editions and it's equally difficult to find out which editions are incompatible with a function. I apologize for the inconvenience. STANLEY ZAROWIN, a former JofA senior editor, is now a contributing editor to the magazine. His e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address is zarowin@mindspring.com. |
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