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Contents
Accepting nonduplicate entries only ..............................................................................487
Accepting text that begins with A....................................................................................488
Accepting only a date that’s a Monday ............................................................................488
Accepting only values that don’t exceed a total................................................................488
Chapter 26: Creating and Using Worksheet Outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Introducing Worksheet Outlines ..............................................................................................491
Creating an Outline ..................................................................................................................494
Preparing the data ..........................................................................................................494
Creating an outline automatically....................................................................................495
Creating an outline manually ..........................................................................................495
Working with Outlines..............................................................................................................496
Displaying levels ............................................................................................................496
Adding data to an outline................................................................................................496
Removing an outline ......................................................................................................496
Hiding the outline symbols ............................................................................................497
Chapter 27: Linking and Consolidating Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Linking Workbooks ..................................................................................................................499
Creating External Reference Formulas ......................................................................................500
Understanding the link formula syntax ..........................................................................500
Creating a link formula by pointing ................................................................................500
Pasting links....................................................................................................................501
Working with External Reference Formulas ..............................................................................501
Creating links to unsaved workbooks ............................................................................501
Opening a workbook with external reference formulas ..................................................502
Changing the startup prompt..........................................................................................503
Updating links ................................................................................................................503
Changing the link source ................................................................................................503
Severing links..................................................................................................................503
Avoiding Potential Problems with External Reference Formulas ................................................504
Renaming or moving a source workbook ........................................................................504
Using the Save As command ..........................................................................................504
Modifying a source workbook ........................................................................................504
Intermediary links ..........................................................................................................505
Consolidating Worksheets ........................................................................................................505
Consolidating worksheets by using formulas ..................................................................505
Consolidating worksheets by using Paste Special ............................................................506
Consolidating worksheets by using the Consolidate command ......................................507
An example ..........................................................................................................508
Refreshing a consolidation....................................................................................509
More about consolidation ....................................................................................511
Chapter 28: Excel and the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Understanding How Excel Uses HTML ....................................................................................513
Understanding the Different Web Formats ................................................................................514
Creating an HTML file ....................................................................................................514
Creating a single file Web page........................................................................................515
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