Saturday, December 25, 2021

TEACHING EXCEL FOR DATA ANALYSIS: HANDS ON PRACTICE 9 Previewing a workbook before printing

 A large workbook that you have been working with needs to be printed out. Before you do so, you need to ensure that everything will fit on the printed pages.

1. Click on the link below to open the Microsoft Excel exercise document you can use to complete this exercise.

https://github.com/alcadelina/Excel-

https://github.com/alcadelina/Excel-/blob/main/Previewing-a-Workbook-Before-Printing.xlsx

2. Click File → Print:

File tab clicked, Print option selected

3. With the Print category now open in the Backstage view, you will see a preview of the current worksheet:

Print window open in the Backstage view, Preview of the current worksheet

4. Right now, only the currently displayed worksheet will be printed. Within the Settings section, click Print Active Sheets → Print Entire Workbook:

Setting section open, Print Active Sheets clicked, Print Entire Workbook option selected

5. In the bottom left-hand corner of the preview area, click the Next Page button:

Preview window open, Next Page button clicked

6. The second worksheet in the workbook is now displayed:

Preview window open, the second worksheet is displayed

7. Click the Next Page button until you reach page 4. Note that the third sheet does not fit within the defined page boundaries and has flowed to a fourth page:

Print window open, page 4 are open in the preview area

8. Within the Settings section, click Portrait Orientation → Landscape Orientation:

Settings section open, Portrait Orientation selected, Landscape Orientation option chosen

9. The page orientation is now landscape and the print preview is now displaying page 3 of 3:

Print window open, the page orientation is landscape and appears in the preview area, with 3 pages in total

10. Apply the same settings to pages 1 and 2, by first clicking the Previous page button, and again clicking Portrait Orientation → Landscape Orientation:

Print window open, Previous Page button clicked, Portrait Orientation clicked, Landscape Orientation option selected

11. Save your workbook as Activity 4-1 Complete. Close Microsoft 365 Excel to complete this activity.

12. Now, you can check out an example of a completed document in the link below:

https://github.com/alcadelina/Excel-

https://github.com/alcadelina/Excel-/blob/main/Completed_Previewing%20a%20Workbook%20Before%20Printing.xlsx

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