Formatting Cells - Tandy 600 Owner's Manual

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Use the Format command to determine the appearance, or "format," of
cell contents. The Format command consists of a menu containing the
Cells, Default, Options, and Width subcommands.
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If you do not want any special formats and you want all text aligned to the
left of the cells and all numbers to the right of the cells, you can skip the
Format command and use Multiplan's proposed responses.
For formats more specific for your data, use the Format command. The
values you set are saved only for the current spreadsheet.
Formatting Cells
Use the Format Cells command to change the alignment, format, or
number of decimal places for a single cell or a group of cells. (Use Format
Default Cells to change the values for the entire spreadsheet.)
1. Press
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for the Format command.
2. Press I
ENTER
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3. Type the reference for the cell or group of cells you want to format. The
proposed response is the currently highlighted cell. You can use the
arrow keys to select a different cell. As you move the cursor, the cell
references appear in the cells command field.
If you want to reference a group of cells, press
0
in the cells field. A
colon is placed after the current cell reference. Then, type the bottom
reference for the range or move the cursor to another cell to select it. As
you move the cursor, the cell references appear in the command field.
4. Press I
TAB
I to move to the alignment field. Press the space bar to choose
one of the alignments:
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Uses the Default alignment for the cell(s).
Centers text and numbers within the cell(s).
General. Aligns text to the left and numbers to the
right.
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