CHAPTER 5

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Working with Form Controls

When introducing controls, I like to use my own technical definition. Specifically, form controls are the whiz bangs, doodads, whatchamacallits, and thingamajigs that give your spreadsheet enhanced interactivity. You may know them by their street names: check boxes, scroll bars, labels, etc. Figure 5-1 shows a group of controls lounging about in their natural habitat, the Excel spreadsheet.

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Figure 5-1. Examples of controls on a spreadsheet

Welcome to the Control Room

Excel contains two types of controls you ...

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