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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
HEADERS
The header is usually 9 or 10 rows deep. This particular template is setup to print at 80%. The typical page of information is
60 rows deep. The bottom page break may have to be adjusted up when super and subscripting are used. Adjust up or down by
increments of 10 rows.

To set a repeating header:

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Click on File and then Page Setup

In Sheet, click on Rows to repeat at top:

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Figure 3-1 The File drop down menu.

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Figure 3-2 Rows to repeat at the top of the Page in the Setup menu.

The header repeats on each page and includes the alpha (alphabet) row which identifies each column. The alpha row is set to a 8
sized font. The row numbers on the right side of the page and the alpha column labels are very useful in phone conversations.

When you set the print range, do not include the header. The header prints automatically.

The logo in the header can be generated in AutoCAD or native spreadsheet drawing tools. Logos using native tools will
print much faster than logos generated in AutoCAD but the AutoCAD logos can be resized and stretched more easily. row 60
This is because logos made up of Excel lines and text do not resize together.

Pages that measure a total of 70 to 80 lines deep by 14 columns wide seem to work best for containing a module of calculations. You
must weigh the amount of information included on the page versus someone else's ability to read it. Small fonts can be a nuisance.

Column width is 9 characters wide except for K, L, and M columns in an 80% print sized template. If the date stamp doesn't fit
in column N, reduce it to an 8 sized font from the default 10.

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DATE, TIME, AND FILE STAMPS
To place a file stamp in the header, select
Header/Footer in Page Setup and click on
Custom Header…

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Press [Return] about 7

times and then click on the
file identification icon.

Figure 3-3 Setting up the header.

Date and time stamps are generated with the NOW() operator. Format the operator through
Format Cells… in the tool bar or right click the mouse and select Format Cells….

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=NOW()

The same formatting sequence

applies for the time stamp.

If the date stamp doesn't fit

in the column, set it to an 8
sized font.
Figure 3-4 Formating for
date and time.

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DATE, TIME, AND FILE STAMPS -- Continued
Sometimes, the custom header information overlaps the
right margin. Excel doesn't let you insert a couple of
spacebar spaces to move the information to the left and
you can't set the margins to greater than 0.75 in setup to
adjust the position of the header information.

To crowd the header information to the left, locate your

cursor to the far right of the character string, press [Num
Lock] on, hold down the [Alt] key, and enter 255 on the row 140
keypad. This will insert an invisible space that is about
half a character wide.

overlap
Figure 3-5 The header text extends
beyond the printed margin.

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This is the blinking cursor to the

right of the invisible spaces

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Figure 3-6 Inserting blank spaces into a header character string.

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GUIDE TO ROW NUMBERS
70 ROWS per PAGE 80 ROWS per PAGE
10 10
60 70

70 1150 80 1340
130 1210 150 1410
190 1270 220 1480
250 1330 290 1550
310 1390 360 1620 row 200
370 1450 430 1690
430 1510 500 1760
490 1570 570 1830
550 1630 640 1900
610 1690 710 1970
670 1750 780 2040
730 1810 850 2110
790 1870 920 2180
850 1930 990 2250
910 1990 1060 2320 row 210
970 2050 1130 2390
1030 2110 1200 2460
1090 2170 1270 2530

Figure 3-7 Lengths of 70 and 80 row pages by row number.

NOTES
The notes part of the template are located on your right hand side. They can row 220
start in column G, H, or I depending upon your style and the nature of your
presentation.

Notes, highlights, sketches, and photos can be hand written on your printout. If
you have to revise your calculations, simply cut the handwritten part out of the
voided printout and tape it onto the new printout with the easy liftoff tape
or the frosted style of tape. These generally go through a copy machine without
casting tape shadows on the copy. Some times the clear tape works quite well,
too.
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Dissect this template and the other templates in this manual to see how they
were created.

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