This creates a new document with your labels. I always print this on plain paper and hold it up to a bright light with the real label paper behind it to make sure no one’s address slops over a line. This can often happen with long addresses, or where a husband and wife have two different names. I like to correct these before printing. Creating Frequency Distributions and Histograms in Excel 2011. Instructions for Mac Users. Remove the “Series1” data label by clicking it and hitting Delete. Add a title and axis labels. Add an appropriate title above the chart.
To hide cells in Excel for Mac, first create your table, making sure to leave room for expansion if necessary. Next, select the first column to the right of your data. Now we need to select all columns from this starting point to the end of the spreadsheet. Because Excel gives users spreadsheets with tens of thousands of rows and columns, we’ll use keyboard shortcuts to quickly jump to the end. With the rightmost empty column selected, press and hold the Shift key and then press Command + Right Arrow. This will jump you to the end of the spreadsheet while the Shift key automatically selects every cell in between. Now we have to tell Excel to hide these cells.
With your cells still selected, go to Excel’s Menu Bar and choose Format Column Hide. You’ll now see all the cells to the right of your data disappear. Next, we need to deal with the cells below your data. Similar to the steps above, this time select the first row beneath your data. With the bottommost cell selected, press and hold Shift and then press Command + Down Arrow.
This will jump you to the very bottom of the spreadsheet and select all the rows in between. Finally, head back up to Excel’s Menu Bar and choose Format Row Hide. You’re now left with a spreadsheet that features only cells containing your data, resulting in a much cleaner look. If you need to expand your table, or simply don’t like the new look, you can easily unhide the cells. First, click the top-left heading cell that looks like a white arrow pointing to the bottom-right corner. Clicking this cell will select all cells in your spreadsheet, both hidden and not. Once selected, go to Excel’s Menu Bar and choose both Format Column Unhide and Format Row Unhide.
Your spreadsheet will now be restored to the default look. In our example the hidden cells were empty, but these steps can also be used to hide cells that contain data. This can be useful for quickly hiding irrelevant or sensitive data during a presentation, for example. In either case, note that hiding data in this manner is not a secure solution, and these steps should only be used to hide data for purposes of convenience.