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'''Microsoft Excel''' is a commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It is a widely used spreadsheet for these platforms. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office.  

== Tips ==

* If you [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/save-all-or-part-of-a-workbook-to-a-static-web-page-HA010220003.aspx save all or part of a workbook as web page], the files folder it create will have image versions of your charts.
* You can hide the ribbon/toolbar by:
*# Double click on one of the ribbon tabs - such as Home, Insert, or Page Layout OR
*# Press the {{keypress|Ctrl|F1}} keys on the keyboard.

* You can convert multiple text URLs to active URLs in a column next to it using the formula "=HYPERLINK(A1)"<ref>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2595692/how-do-i-convert-a-column-of-text-urls-into-active-hyperlinks-in-excel</ref>
* {{keypress|Ctrl|~}} shows all the formulas on the current worksheet
* {{keypress|F2}} shows the formula for the cell you are on
 {{keypress|F2}} followed by {{keypress|F9}} converts a formula to a value. Then press {{keypress|Enter}} to replace the formula with the value or {{keypress|Esc}} to keep the formula.

=== Wiki converter ===

{{Notice|Copying from Excel, using [[VisualEditor]], might be an easier method.}}

The [http://tools.wmflabs.org/excel2wiki/index.php Copy and Paste Excel-to-Wiki Converter] allows you to copy  excel information to wiki text table that can be added to USApedia.  It's features includes:

* format first row as header

* format first column as header

* use class="wikitable"

* use {{tlx|table}}

* collapsible

* sortable

* collapsed

* autocollapse

There is a [http://wang.wustl.edu/mediawiki/extensions/index.php simpler tool] hosted by the Washington University in St. Louis.

=== Exporting Graphs as Images ===

If you save an excel file with graphs as an html file, it will create a sub-folder that includes the graphs as gif and png image files.

==Related==

==External links==

* [http://excel2wiki.net/ Copy and Paste Excel-to-Wiki Converter]

== References ==

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{{Microsoft Office}}