From the course: Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint (365/2019)
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Work with tables
From the course: Data-Driven Presentations with Excel and PowerPoint (365/2019)
Work with tables
- [Instructor] A lot of the data that we work with in Excel lives in tables like this table. In this case, we have a sales report and when we look at a table like this, what distinguishes it from a budget for example, is that this data is organized with columns and each row is an individual record that has information about each of those columns. So if I select, for example, the Solar Phone Charger row, this is the information about the product, the size, the cost per unit, and so on. Now, by having this data in a table, I can sort and filter it and I can format it very easily. So if I wanted to change the format, I'd just choose any cell in my table, click Format as Table. And if I wanted to have, for example, yellow or orange with gray rows, or if I don't want the alternating rows anymore, I choose the color I do want, perhaps the color I had originally. And then I go to the Table Design tab and turn off Banded Rows.…
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