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Using the Quick Access Toolbar
From the course: Excel 2016 Essential Training
Using the Quick Access Toolbar
- Above the Ribbon Menu system in the upper left corner of your screen is what's called the Quick Access Toolbar, sometimes abbreviated QAT. Initially it has only three buttons in it. A save button, an undo button and a redo button. Undo by the way is extremely helpful if you've taken an action, perhaps you've used a command maybe that deletes data, and you've got all kinds of errors on your worksheet? You can easily undo your last action, but not only the last action but lots of others as well. That's covered in a later movie. But here's the basic idea behind the Quick Access Toolbar. You can add to it, you can put buttons up here for features that you use frequently. Now I'm going to take a simple example. Maybe you haven't even used Excel a whole lot, but you've recognized that here's an underline button, right here. Maybe you don't know or overlook the fact that there's a keystroke shortcut. Suppose you're working with the data and maybe you're using the Data tab here, using one…
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What is Excel used for?2m 14s
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Using the menu system5m 50s
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Using the Quick Access Toolbar6m 49s
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Understanding workbooks and worksheets4m 45s
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Using the Formula bar1m 37s
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Using the Status bar5m 20s
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Using navigation tools3m 24s
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Using shortcut menus and the Mini toolbar4m 25s
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Creating new workbooks2m 37s
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Using Excel Help5m 28s
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