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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: row 30

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row 50 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. This is because logos made up of Excel lines and text do not resize together.

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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. row 70

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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 keypad. This will insert an invisible space that is about half a character wide.

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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 10 60 70 130 190 250 310 370 430 490 550 610 670 730 790 850 910 970 1030 1090 1150 1210 1270 1330 1390 1450 1510 1570 1630 1690 1750 1810 1870 1930 1990 2050 2110 2170

80 ROWS per PAGE 10 70 80 150 220 290 360 430 500 570 640 710 780 850 920 990 1060 1130 1200 1270 1340 1410 1480 1550 1620 1690 1760 1830 1900 1970 2040 2110 2180 2250 2320 2390 2460 2530

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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 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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row 230 Dissect this template and the other templates in this manual to see how they were created.

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