MS-Excel / General Formatting

Specify Workbook Properties

  1. Click the Office Button and click Prepare. A list of options appears.
  2. Click Properties. The Document Information Panel appears.
  3. Enter identifying information such as the author's name, subject, or a list of keywords.
  4. Click the Close box to close the Document Information Panel.

Excel automatically adds statistical information such as the workbook's original creation date, the last time it was printed or modified, and the workbook size.

View Workbook Properties

  1. Click the Office Button> Open. The Open dialog box appears.
  2. If necessary, click the Look In list and navigate to the folder containing the file you want to delete.
  3. Click the Views button drop-down arrow to display a Views shortcut menu or click the Views button itself to cycle through the available views.
  4. Choose Properties. The Open window splits into two panels.
  5. Click a file name. Excel displays the workbook properties in the right panel.

    Workbook Properties

  6. Click ok to open the file or Cancel to close the Open dialog box.
[Previous] [Contents] [Next]