1. Microsoft
Excel 2007
Objective 2: Formatting
Data and Content

2. In this Objective you will learn
to:
 Format Worksheets
 Insert and Modify Rows and Columns
 Format Cells and Cell Content, and
 Format Data as a Table

3. Format Worksheets
Workbook Themes, Gridlines, Headings, Tab Colors,
Worksheet Backgrounds, and Watermarks

4. Use a Workbook Theme
 To use a theme:
1. Click the Page Layout tab
2. Then click the Themes button in the
Themes group
3. Choose a theme to apply to the
workbook
 Thetable on the next slide can be used as
a reference

5. Theme Selection Options
Click this option To
A theme in the Apply a theme you previously
custom group customized or the you downloaded
from the Microsoft Office web site
A theme in the Apply a predefined theme
Built-In group
More Themes in Download a theme from the Microsoft
Microsoft Office Office Web site and place it in the
Online custom group
Browse for Browse for a theme or a themed
themes document in another location

6. Customize and Save a Theme
1. Click the Page Layout tab
2. Click the Theme Colors, Fonts, or Effects
button in the Themes group
3. Select or create new colors, fonts, or
effects to be applied
4. Click the Themes button in the Themes
group, then click Save Current Theme

7. Create New Theme Colors
 Click the Page
Layout tab, then the
Themes button, then
click a theme
 In the create New
Theme Colors dialog
box click the button
arrows to change
colors for different
theme elements

8. Create New Theme Fonts
 Click the Page
Layout tab, then
click the Themes
button, then click a
theme
 Click the Theme
Fonts button in the
Themes group,
then click Create
New Theme Fonts

9. Display & Hide Gridlines,
Column, & Row Headings
 Click the Page Layout tab
 Click the View Check box in the Sheet
Options group to select it or deselect it
OR

10. Display & Hide Gridlines,
Column, & Row Headings
 Click the View tab
 Click the Gridlines or Headings check box
in the Show/Hide group to select it or
deselect it

11. Change Sheet Tab Color
 Right-clickany
sheet tab to
change
 Point to Tab Color
 Click a Theme or
Standard color

12. Format Worksheet
Backgrounds
1. Click the Page Layout tab
2. Click the Background button in he Page
Setup group
3. In the Sheet Background dialog box
double-click a picture to set it as the
background
 Note: This will display on the screen but will
NOT print

13. Create a Sheet Watermark
1. Click the Insert tab
2. Click the Header & Footer button in the Text
group
3. Click in the left, center or right header
section, then click the Picture button in the
Header & Footer Elements group
4. In the Insert Picture dialog box double-click
a picture to set it as the background
 Note: This will display on the screen but will
NOT print

14. Lesson Review Activity
1. Open Excel
2. Display the Gridlines
3. Hide the Headings
4. Choose a Theme to apply to the
workbook
5. Modify the Theme Colors and Fonts
6. Insert a picture in the background
7. Save the workbook as Format
Worksheets Practice