Inserting Research Material

With the Research task pane, you can access data sources and insert research material right into your text without leaving your Excel workbook. The Research task pane can help you access electronic dictionaries, thesauruses, research sites, and proprietary company information. You can select one reference source or search in all reference books. The pane allows you to find information and easily incorporate it into your work. If you have a hard time finding research information on a topic, you can use Research Options to enable and update additional reference books and research web sites from which to search.

Research a Topic

Click the Review tab.

Click the Research button.

Type the topic you would like to research. ...

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