Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Spreadsheet

I.

Don’t use column A or row 1.

Just don’t.

II.

Even in spreadsheets, pictures are worth more than words.

Take time, google some images; people will pay attention and

You are paid by the hour.

III.

Learn how to resize rows and columns.

You can google it.

IV.

Vivid color is the core of the beauty of this world

But too many colors

Make a spreadsheet hard to read.

V.

Boxes tend to blend together hypnotically

Turn off grid-lines and headers, and chart borders

You can google it.

VI.

Although fun to kill time,

Avoid using more than two fonts.

VII.

3D charts don’t work in a 2D medium.

Google it.

VIII

If your book gets too many pages --

Table of contents.

IX

Always observe the page delineations.

Somebody might just print this thing.

X

Freeze Panes

You can google it.

XI

Headings should stand out.

People want to know what you are

Trying to illustrate

XII

“Zebra Stripes”

You can google it.

XIII

Everything depends

on

A well crafted

Spreadsheet

From a faded blue

Lawn-chair

Beside the white

chickens.