Hello,

I have been playing around with Excel 2007, and I see it will take a little
time to get used to. I have a question. What happened to Auto Format, found
in prior versions of Excel?

I used that feature a lot, and now I cannot find it anywhere. Can someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Larry

Larry

Autoformat has been massively enhanced and allowed to be customised. If you
set up a table (InsertTable) you will get a new tab Called Table
ToolsDesign. This has a chunk called 'Quick styles', there is a huge array
of auto-formats here, the same applies for Pivot tables.

The 'key' to 2007 is to insert what you want first and you will get a
contextual tab or two light up on the ribbon with features associated to
your current task

Now... If you truly want the auto-format of old, then you can add it to the
QAT (Quick Access Toolbar). Click on the arrow to the right of the QAT and
select More commands... select 'All commands' from the drop-down and it's
there in the list

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Larry L." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have been playing around with Excel 2007, and I see it will take a
little
time to get used to. I have a question. What happened to Auto Format,
found
in prior versions of Excel?

I used that feature a lot, and now I cannot find it anywhere. Can someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Larry

Thank you very much Nick!

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

Larry

Autoformat has been massively enhanced and allowed to be customised. If you
set up a table (InsertTable) you will get a new tab Called Table
ToolsDesign. This has a chunk called 'Quick styles', there is a huge array
of auto-formats here, the same applies for Pivot tables.

The 'key' to 2007 is to insert what you want first and you will get a
contextual tab or two light up on the ribbon with features associated to
your current task

Now... If you truly want the auto-format of old, then you can add it to the
QAT (Quick Access Toolbar). Click on the arrow to the right of the QAT and
select More commands... select 'All commands' from the drop-down and it's
there in the list

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Larry L." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have been playing around with Excel 2007, and I see it will take a
little
time to get used to. I have a question. What happened to Auto Format,
found
in prior versions of Excel?

I used that feature a lot, and now I cannot find it anywhere. Can someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Larry

No problem...It is a curve, but I've been using it for a year now (not in
earnest) and it does become easier!

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Larry L." wrote in message
...
Thank you very much Nick!

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

Larry

Autoformat has been massively enhanced and allowed to be customised. If
you
set up a table (InsertTable) you will get a new tab Called Table
ToolsDesign. This has a chunk called 'Quick styles', there is a huge
array
of auto-formats here, the same applies for Pivot tables.

The 'key' to 2007 is to insert what you want first and you will get a
contextual tab or two light up on the ribbon with features associated to
your current task

Now... If you truly want the auto-format of old, then you can add it to
the
QAT (Quick Access Toolbar). Click on the arrow to the right of the QAT
and
select More commands... select 'All commands' from the drop-down and it's
there in the list

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Larry L." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have been playing around with Excel 2007, and I see it will take a
little
time to get used to. I have a question. What happened to Auto Format,
found
in prior versions of Excel?

I used that feature a lot, and now I cannot find it anywhere. Can
someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Larry

So far so good, but what about subtotals? On previous versions you could
make subtotal rows a different color scheme than data rows.

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

No problem...It is a curve, but I've been using it for a year now (not in
earnest) and it does become easier!

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Larry L." wrote in message
...
Thank you very much Nick!

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

Larry

Autoformat has been massively enhanced and allowed to be customised. If
you
set up a table (InsertTable) you will get a new tab Called Table
ToolsDesign. This has a chunk called 'Quick styles', there is a huge
array
of auto-formats here, the same applies for Pivot tables.

The 'key' to 2007 is to insert what you want first and you will get a
contextual tab or two light up on the ribbon with features associated to
your current task

Now... If you truly want the auto-format of old, then you can add it to
the
QAT (Quick Access Toolbar). Click on the arrow to the right of the QAT
and
select More commands... select 'All commands' from the drop-down and it's
there in the list

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Larry L." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have been playing around with Excel 2007, and I see it will take a
little
time to get used to. I have a question. What happened to Auto Format,
found
in prior versions of Excel?

I used that feature a lot, and now I cannot find it anywhere. Can
someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Larry

First, just finished an Excel 2007 course at a local college. It was great.
There are some excellent tutorials right on the Microsoft site, Help and
How-to's if you go to Microsoft Excel then look on the left for Excel 2007
training. Excellent information, but of course, like anything else you have
to put some time in it. The first sessions on Overviews give you the
basics about the new 2007 Ribbons (and the old menu's) so it would be good to
review that.

For Formatting, click on the Home Tab, look for the Cells group, then click
on Format which will have some of the old formatting commands. (( Notice
the arrows in the lower right corners, for instance near Clipboard, near
Font, near alignment which dropdown and give you the old menu's & follows
thru for each tab. Check it out.))

For the Subtotals, Click on the Data Tab, then look at the Outline Group,
where you will see Subtotal.

The small arrows in the lower right corners in the ribbon area will lead you
to the old menu's you are used to using.

Going thru the MS Excel Training Tutorials will help you greatly. And one
quick tip, hit your ALT KEY and watch the ribbon. You will get short cut
keys. Hope this helps.

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"Larry L." wrote:

Hello,

I have been playing around with Excel 2007, and I see it will take a little
time to get used to. I have a question. What happened to Auto Format, found
in prior versions of Excel?

I used that feature a lot, and now I cannot find it anywhere. Can someone
point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

Larry