{"id":202,"date":"2022-12-01T20:31:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-compappmgr\/chapter\/introduction-basic-formatting-and-layout\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T20:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:31:33","slug":"introduction-basic-formatting-and-layout","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-compappmgr\/chapter\/introduction-basic-formatting-and-layout\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Basic Formatting and Layout","rendered":"Introduction to Basic Formatting and Layout"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>What you'll learn to do: change formatting, layout, and styles in Excel.<\/h2>\nLike any Microsoft program, Excel will default to certain fonts, texts, and styles when you create a new worksheet. It is also very easy within Excel to format individual cells with cell styles or multiple cells with a table style. 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