Jan's Working with Numbers

    Excel Basics: Finish

There are a number of steps in your "Am I finished yet?" checklist. 

• All data entered?
  (It's easy to skip something!)
• Formulas working correctly?
  Show formulas and inspect!
  Verify that all formulas do what you meant them to do.
• Column widths and row heights?
• Number formats? 
• Header/footer for each sheet?
• Charts needed? What type?
• Spell Check
• Print Preview:
  What will it look like when printed? 
  Number of pages?
  Page breaks in reasonable places?
  Printing order?
• Columns or rows to repeat on each page?

As you worked through the lessons, you compared your sheet with the illustrations. So you know if you got all the data entered and if your formulas produced the right results. You can look at the column and row sizes and the number formats in the pictures, too. You had it easy! 

When you are working on your own, you must carefully check as you work. It is hard to be sure after you have several screens of data!