15. Setting Excel Options

The Options Dialog

Microsoft Excel’s Excel Options dialog offers five categories of general options that you can set to customize the way Excel works for you:

Popular options are the most commonly accessed options for display, font settings, and user information.

Formulas options control formula calculation, performance, and error handling.

Proofing options control how Excel corrects and formats text.

Save options control how workbook files are saved.

Advanced options control other aspects of working with Excel.

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