What's New in Microsoft Excel 2002?

You'll notice some changes as soon as you start Microsoft Excel 2002. The toolbars and menu bar have a new look, and a new Task Pane appears on the right side of your screen. But the features that are new or greatly improved in this version of Microsoft Excel go beyond just changes in appearance. Some changes won't be apparent to you until you start using the program.

Below are just a few of the new and improved features you'll find in Microsoft Excel 2002, and the lessons and topics where you can learn about these features.

New or Improved Feature	What This Feature Helps You Do	Lesson	Topic
Ask A Question box	Quickly access Help by typing a question.	Getting to Know Excel	Introducing Excel
Task Panes	Perform common actions, such as opening or creating new files, with a single mouse click.	Getting to Know Excel	Introducing Excel
Find Format	Locate and change stored entries of distinct text formatting.	Getting to Know Excel	Checking and Correcting Data
Insert Options	Format new rows, columns, or cells as you insert them.	Setting Up a Workbook	Making Workbooks Easier to Work With
Borders Toolbar	Create complex borders and change their characteristics.	Changing Document Appearance	Changing the Appearance of Data
Header and footer graphics	Add a graphic to a worksheet header or footer.	Changing Document Appearance	Making Printouts Easier to Follow
Color-coded worksheet tabs	Make a worksheet stand out by allowing you to change the tab's color.	Combining, Sorting, and Summarizing Data	Working with More Than One Set of Data
Suppress errors	Define how Excel will print errors in the worksheet.	Working with Charts and Printing	Printing Data Lists
Copy Paste Web Query	Create a Web query by copying data directly from a Web page into Excel and then creating a query to retrieve data from the HTML table copied.	Publishing Information on the Web	Retrieving Data from the Web
Smart Tags	Bring information from the Web that is related to the contents of a worksheet cell.	Publishing Information on the Web	Acquiring Web Data with Smart Tags