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Having problems merging cells in Excel 2008?

This workbook contains content that is not supported by Excel 2008 for Mac. Data Bar-based data filters. Top 10 data filters. Color-based data filters. Icon-based data filters. Structured references. Excel tables. Table styles. More than one filter on a sort. Office 2008 for Mac includes the same core programs currently included with Office 2004 for Mac: Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Mac-only features included are a publishing layout view, which offers functionality similar to Microsoft Publisher for Windows, a 'Ledger Sheet mode' in Excel to ease financial tasks, and a 'My Day' application.

Office 2008 for Mac features a leading suite of applications that Mac customers rely on to get their work completed with Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008 and Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Mac users can simplify their day by using powerful new tools and easily located classic Office for Mac features. Microsoft's Mac BU and FrontLine Systems have announced that Solver for Excel 2008 is now available for the Mac as a free download. Frontline Systems developed the original Solver for Excel on. (For Excel 2011 Click Here)Below are answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Solver for Mac Excel 2008.Why wasn't Solver included in Excel 2008 as shipped by Microsoft?Solver wasn't included with Excel 2008 because it used VBA for its user interface, and in Excel 2008 Microsoft made a decision not to include support for VBA. Solver also relied on the Excel C API while solving, and the C.

There are at least two solutions to this:

1. Use the SHIFT key, NOT the Command key, to select the cells you want to merge. Don't ask me why that is. It just is.
2. Make sure the Workbook is NOT set to be shared. TOOLS>SHARE WORKBOOK>Uncheck the box that says 'Allow changes by more than one user at the same time'

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NOTE
The merge/unmerge cells button has become a checkbox in Excel 2008. Just click on the Toolbox icon in the top portion of Excel, and click on the triangle next to 'Alignment and Spacing.' At the bottom of that section, under 'Indentation and Merge,' you will see a checkbox that you need to check/uncheck, depending on whether you want to merge/unmerge. If it is grayed out, then you need to make sure that when you are selecting the cells that you want to merge/unmerge, that you are holding down the SHIFT key, and NOT the Command key

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Excel 2008: Create a Chart or Graph

Excel 2008 For Mac Help


Step 1 - Reassign F11 - Pressing the F11 key on a Macintosh will minimize all applications, displaying the desktop.
Pressing the F11 key can be used to create a quick graph, but you must first reassign the function assigned to that key.

From the Apple menu, select System Preferences and then select Expose & Spaces.
Click on the right end of the Show Desktop area and select something other than F11. If you want a quick way to see the Desktop select something other than the dash. I use Fn.


Step 2 - Data entry - Enter data collected with your survey. For this example I took a survey of my class asking them to name their favorite fruit. Data can be entered without the headings I entered in row 1.


Step 3 - Creating the chart - Note: this chart will be created without using the Chart Wizard. When data has been entered and your cursor is immediately below the entered date, press the F11 key on the top row of your keyboard.


Step 4 - Viewing the Charts Gallery - There are things that you probably wish to change about the chart. The new Office 2008 allows you to quickly make those changes. As soon as the chart is created click on the Charts tab immediately above the chart. From that tab you can scroll through each of the chart types and make a selection


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Step 5 - Using the Formatting Palette - Several areas on the palette can be used to make changes.

These are all Mac operating systems, starting with the most recent. When a major new macOS is released, it gets a new name, such as macOS Catalina.



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Step 6 - Adding a Title and labeling the axes - The Chart Options area can be used to add a Chart Title and to naming the horizontal and vertical axes.

Step 7 - Changing the Chart Style - You may make quick changes to the chart styles or other effects by using the Chart Style area or the Quick Styles and Effects area of the palette.


Finished Chart





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