Planmaker 2008

Manual PlanMaker 2008 © 1987-2008 SoftMaker Software GmbH Contents Welcome! 19 Technical support.............................................................................................. 19 About this manual............................................................................................. 20 Typographical conventions............................................................................... 21 System requirements......................................................................................... 21 Installation and program startup 23 Installing under Windows................................................................................. 23 Using PlanMaker on local area networks (Windows only)......................... 24 Installing on a Pocket PC or Handheld PC ....................................................... 26 Installing under Linux....................................................................................... 26 Screen elements 27 Title bar............................................................................................................. 27 Menu bar........................................................................................................... 28 Standard toolbar................................................................................................ 28 Formatting toolbar ............................................................................................ 29 Edit toolbar ....................................................................................................... 29 Document window............................................................................................ 30 Status bar .......................................................................................................... 31 Special instructions for Pocket PC users .......................................................... 32 PlanMaker basics 35 The structure of a spreadsheet .......................................................................... 35 Moving around in a worksheet ......................................................................... 37 Entering data..................................................................................................... 37 Deleting data..................................................................................................... 37 Undoing changes .............................................................................................. 38 Starting a new document................................................................................... 38 Opening a document......................................................................................... 39 Printing a document.......................................................................................... 40 Saving a document............................................................................................ 41 Exiting PlanMaker............................................................................................ 42 Manual PlanMaker 2008 Contents • iii The PlanMaker Tour 43 Five minutes of theory …................................................................................. 43 First steps with PlanMaker ............................................................................... 44 Entering values and formulas ........................................................................... 45 Going three-dimensional .................................................................................. 49 Changing the layout of worksheets................................................................... 50 Charts................................................................................................................ 51 Outlook............................................................................................................. 52 Editing worksheets 53 Entering data in cells ........................................................................................ 55 Undoing changes .............................................................................................. 57 Selecting cells................................................................................................... 58 Deleting cells and cell contents ........................................................................ 60 Deleting whole cells.................................................................................... 61 Deleting the contents of cells ...................................................................... 61 Moving and copying cells................................................................................. 62 Pasting cells selectively .................................................................................... 64 Inserting new cells ............................................................................................ 66 Filling cells automatically................................................................................. 67 Tips and tricks for automatic filling............................................................ 71 Working with multiple worksheets ................................................................... 72 Creating new worksheets ............................................................................ 73 Switching between worksheets ................................................................... 73 Changing the order of worksheets............................................................... 73 Managing worksheets ................................................................................. 73 Calculating in three dimensions.................................................................. 74 Naming cell ranges ........................................................................................... 75 Assigning names to cell ranges................................................................... 75 Deleting and renaming names..................................................................... 76 Defining names automatically from the selection....................................... 77 Creating a list of all named ranges.............................................................. 78 Putting named ranges to use........................................................................ 78 Applying names in existing formulas.......................................................... 79 Sorting cells ...................................................................................................... 80 Transposing cells .............................................................................................. 81 Filtering cells by their contents......................................................................... 82 Special filter................................................................................................ 82 AutoFilter.................................................................................................... 84 Inserting comments........................................................................................... 85 Goal-seeking..................................................................................................... 86 Freezing rows and columns .............................................................................. 88 iv • Contents Manual PlanMaker 2008 Inserting special characters............................................................................... 90 Formatting worksheets 93 Cell size ............................................................................................................ 95 Changing cell sizes using the mouse........................................................... 95 Changing cell sizes using menu commands................................................ 95 Hiding rows or columns.............................................................................. 96 Number format ................................................................................................. 97 List of all number formats available ........................................................... 99 Working with user-defined number formats.............................................. 103 Structure of a user-defined format............................................................. 103 Borders and lines ............................................................................................ 107 Shading........................................................................................................... 109 Alignment....................................................................................................... 110 Protection........................................................................................................ 113 Character format............................................................................................. 113 Font and font size...................................................................................... 114 Font style................................................................................................... 115 Font color.................................................................................................. 115 Superscript and subscript .......................................................................... 116 Letter spacing and character pitch............................................................. 116 Removing character formatting................................................................. 117 Paragraph

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