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Most users will first notice the Elements Gallery, which is represented by a row of four buttons-Sheets, Charts, SmartArt Graphics, and WordArt-and appears below the toolbar.Build Winning Workflows Automated Workflows, LLC's Build Real Estate Catalog Example Workflow, built with actions from the Ultimate Productivity Automator Action Pack, was the recipient of the 2006 Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X Automator Workflow. Each button is a shortcut to commonly-used features. Click Sheets and choose from one of a number of preformatted sheets in seven categories Excel will open that sheet as a starting point-though experienced users may find these sheets too simple for their needs. The Charts tool lets you quickly insert a nicely formatted chart. SmartArt Graphics offers a large number of graphic elements, and WordArt lets you customize the appearance of text blocks. The new Elements Gallery gives you access to a number of ready-to-use templates. Here’s one that’s had three custom images applied, and the stock text replaced.Whether or not you find the Gallery useful will depend on how you use Excel. Personally, I have no use for the Sheets or WordArt buttons, but both Charts and SmartArt Graphics make it simple to add professional-looking images to your spreadsheets. As an example, I downloaded Apple’s stock price history-daily high, low, close, and volume-and was able to turn it into a nice-looking stock chart with a couple of mouse clicks. Unfortunately, there’s no way to disable any of these Elements Gallery buttons, so even if you never use them, they’ll take up some vertical space on every sheet you open.Īnother new feature-the Formula Builder-makes building formulas simpler. After you enter a formula name, the Formula Builder displays input boxes and brief descriptions for each element in that formula. As you enter values, the boxes become color-coded to match the relevant cells on the worksheet that are used in the formula-so it’s easy to see exactly what goes where. This feature can be a big timesaver, especially for those formulas that you don’t use often enough to memorize their syntax.įormula AutoComplete further speeds the entry of formulas.