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101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers
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Tip 74: Understanding Tables
An important but often underutilized feature in Excel is tables. This tip describes when to use a table and also lists the advantages and disadvantages.
Understanding what a table is
A table is a rectangular range of structured data. Each row in the table corresponds to a single entity. For example, a row can contain information about a customer, a bank transaction, an employee, or a product. Each column contains a specific piece of information. For example, if each row contains information about an employee, the columns can contain data, such as name, employee number, hire date, salary, or department. Tables have a header row at the top that describes the information contained in each column.
You’ve probably created ranges that meet this description. The magic happens when you tell Excel to convert a range of data into an “official” table. You do so by selecting any cell within the range and then choosing Insert⇒...
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