Click the down arrow to select the next page of data for the particular data item. A Looking at the page labels, you can see that this crosstab shows data for the Video

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c. To see data for other Calendar Years, click the down arrow in the Calendar Years

item. Then choose a Year from the list. You can now compare Profit revenues for different years.

2.5 Formatting a Worksheet

Part of a Database Administrator’s responsibility when designing workbooks is to format each worksheet. Text fonts, background colors, column names, and so forth are all part of the default format set up by the Database Administrator. However, you can reformat a worksheet. The following sections describe how to do this.

2.5.1 Rearranging the Columns on Tables

On a table you can move columns from left to right. You can also move columns from the body of a table to the page axis. This is known as pivoting see Section 4.1, Pivoting Data for more information. To move a table column to the left or right:

1. Select the column heading of the column to move.

The pointer changes to a double-headed line indicating you can move the column to the left and right.

2. Drag the column in the direction you want to move it.

3. Release the mouse button when you reach the new position.

Hint: To make the selected column the first or last one in the table, drag the pointer to the leftmost or rightmost column. See Figure 2–20 for an example. Figure 2–20 Move a Column Left or Right on a Table Key to Figure 2–20 :

a. Select a column and move the cursor to the right.

b. When mouse button is released, the column moves to the right.

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2.5.2 Resizing Columns

You can enlarge or reduce the size of each column by dragging the column’s right-hand edge to the right or left. Dragging the column edges is relatively imprecise, but is quick and usually sufficient for working on the screen. If you want to resize columns precisely for example, for printing purposes or to create a report, use the Format menu. To resize a column by dragging its edge:

1. Put the pointer on the right-hand edge of the column header. The pointer changes

to a resize pointer.

2. Hold down the mouse button and drag to the right or left.

Figure 2–21 Resize a Column Key to Figure 2–21 :

a. Drag the resize pointer to the left or right to change the width column width.

b. The Department column has been resized to display the whole Department names.

When decreasing the size of a column that contains text data, click the Text Wrap button. This ensures that text too long to fit on one line in the new column width, will be displayed with multiple lines so all text remains visible. See Section 2.5.3.2, Reformatting a Column Heading on a Table for the steps to make a column wrap its text. Note: Text in the column heading does not wrap, even if Text Wrap button is clicked. To resize columns with the Format menu:

1.

Select the columns to resize. 2. Choose Format | Columns | Width. The Column Width dialog box appears. Figure 2–22 Column Width dialog box

3. Enter a number for the width of the column. The number sets the width of the

column in characters.