Managing Help Topics You've Located

No matter which of the four avenues you choose for finding a Help topic (the Office Assistant, Contents, Index, or Find), you eventually end up at a Help screen of instructions like the one shown in Figure 4.7. When you do, you can read the information on-screen or do any of the following:

  • Click any underlined word (such as the word "formula" in Figure 4.7) to see a definition of it.

    Figure 4.7. Once you arrive at the information you need, you can read it on-screen, print it, or move to another Help topic.

  • Click the Show Me button (when it's available) to have Excel walk you through the steps for a procedure. ...

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