Turn Excel's AutoScale feature on/off
Do the following to turn off Excel's Auto Scale option so you can make an Excel chart larger
without increasing the text on your chart.
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Right-click on a blank area of the chart (or on a Mac, click and hold the mouse)
Choose Format Chart Area from the menu
Choose the Font tab
Choose the Auto Scale check box to clear it
Choose the OK button
Now when you resize the chart, the text sizes will not change. You will need to repeat these steps
for each chart on which you want to turn off the Auto Scale option.
Placing multiple charts on a single Excel sheet
Do the following to place more than one chart on an Excel chart sheet.
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Click in an empty cell, and press [F11] to create a new, blank Chart Sheet.
Change the default worksheet name to Multiple Chart Sheet.
Click on the first chart you want to move to select it.
On the menu bar, click Chart and then click Location, the Chart Location dialog box
displays.
Select the As Object In radio button, and choose Multiple Chart Sheet from the dropdown list.
Click the OK button.
Repeat Steps 3 through 6 for the second chart you want to move. You can move as many charts
on to the same Chart Sheet as will fit. However, you will need to scale the size of each chart to
make them all fit on the same sheet.
Increase the size of the toolbar buttons
Do the following to make the buttons on the Excel toolbar larger so they are easier to read.
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Click Tools on the menu bar
Click Customize on the drop-down menu
Click on the Options tab
Click on the Large icons check box to mark it
Click the Close button
Note: This tip should also work for each of the other Microsoft Office products.
Keyboard Shortcuts - Part 1
The following are some helpful and frequently used Excel keyboard shortcuts.
Undo last action
Ctrl + Z
Create a chart of the data in the current range (uses default chart type)
F11
Copy a selection
Ctrl + C
Cut a selection
Ctrl + X
Paste from the clipboard
Ctrl + V
Bold a selection
Ctrl + B
Italicize a selection
Ctrl + I
Underline a selection
Ctrl + U
Display the Print dialog box
Ctrl + P
Move to the beginning of the row
Home
Move to the beginning of the worksheet
Ctrl + Home
Move to the end of the row
End
Move to the end of the worksheet
Ctrl + End
Enter a new line in the same cell
Alt + Enter
Cancel a cell entry
Esc
Move 1 character up, down, left, or right within a cell
Arrow Keys
Move 1 cell up, down, left, or right within the sheet
Arrow Keys
Insert a new worksheet
Shift + F11
Move to the next sheet
Ctrl + Page Down
Move to the previous sheet
Ctrl + Page Up
Using a custom format in Excel to display leading zeroes
The following provides instruction for creating a custom format to keep leading zeroes intact:
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Choose Format on the menu bar then Cells on the drop-down menu
Click on the Number tab
From the Category list, choose Custom
In the Type text box, type: "0"#
Click the OK button
You can add as many zeroes as you want by adding them to the custom format entered in step 4.
For example, you would type "00"# to include 2 leading zeroes.