Microsoft Excel 2011
Organized by Tabs Specialized Tabs appear depending on the object selected (for example while a chart is selected the Chart Layout tab is displayed) You can now personalize your ribbon The New Ribbon
Quickly create, format, and expand an Excel table or apply designer- quality styles to give tables a professional appearance. You can delete duplicate table rows with the click of a button. Table Management
The new PivotTable user interface helps you find insights and relationships in your data. After you create a PivotTable, take advantage of features to summarize, analyze, and format your PivotTable data. Use styles and banded reports to make your data look professional and attractive. Pivot Tables
The improved Excel filter helps you sift through large amounts of data by sorting it so you see only the data that you care about. The New Excel Filter
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 makes it easy to find exceptions and spot important trends in your data. Apply gradient colors, data bars, and icon sets to the values on the cell table. Conditional Formatting
Sparklines are tiny charts that fit within a cell. They give you at-a-glance insights into your data. Sparklines reveal patterns to help you see trends, such as seasonal increases or decreases, economic cycles, or maximum and minimum values Sparklines
The Excel Workbook Gallery provides professional-grade templates that you can customize by adding your own words, pictures, and favorite themes. Templates make it easy to create common documents in Excel, such as budgets, creating calendars, and more. Workbook Gallery
Excel for Mac has improved password protection to help prevent unauthorized access to important information. It provides several layers of security and protection to control who can access and change the data in a workbook: Security Measures
Training Resources Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac website SHSU’s Newton Gresham Library’s Safari Techbooks Online books - ect/computerscience.html ect/computerscience.html Service Desk – Instructor led Training (available throughout the fall 2011 semester) –