Popular options
Top options for working with Excel
Show Mini Toolbar on selection Shows the Mini Toolbar when you select text. The Mini Toolbar provides quick access to formatting tools.
Enable Live Preview Select to preview the effects of selected options in the worksheet.
Show all windows in the Taskbar Select to display multiple workbooks on the Windows taskbar.
Show Developer tab in the Ribbon Selected by default, shows the Developer tab on the Ribbon. The Developer tab includes macro and form authoring tools, as well as XML-related features. Clear this check box to hide the Developer tab.
Always use ClearType Selected by default, this option turns on ClearType to make the text easier to read. If you change this setting, you must restart Microsoft Office Word for the setting to take effect.
Notes:
- This setting applies to all Office programs.
- On computers running Microsoft Windows XP, turning this option on overrides the ClearType setting in Windows. This option is not available on computers running Microsoft Windows Vista.
Color scheme Allows you to change the color scheme of the program. Select the color scheme that you want in the Color Scheme box.
ScreenTip style Select an option in the box to choose whether and how to display ScreenTips. Select Show feature descriptions in ScreenTips to display button names and helpful information, Don't show feature descriptions in ScreenTips to display button names only, and Don't show ScreenTips to hide ScreenTips.
Create lists for use in sorts and fill sequences Click Edit Custom Lists to add lists that you can use to sort data easily and to fill data into cells in the worksheet.
When creating new workbooks
Use this font Select the font that you want to use as the default font for new worksheets and workbooks. This font is applied when you restart Excel and create a new worksheet or workbook.
Font size Sets the size of the default font.
Default View for new sheets Select the view that you want Excel to display by default when you start Excel. You can select Normal View, Page Break Preview, or Page Layout View.
Include this many sheets Sets the number of worksheets that you want to use when you create a new workbook.
Personalize your copy of Office
User name Type a name in the Name box to change your user name.
Choose the languages you want to use with Office Click Language Settings to set your editing language preferences for the Microsoft Office system.