Data Form

Excel has a built-in Data Form which is very useful for viewing all of the fields (up to 32 of them) associated with a single record. When you have lots of “Fields” in your “Data Set” and you do not want to do a lot of horizontal scrolling to view or edit the values in the cells, use this Data Form.

There is a limit of 32 fields when using Excel’s built-in Data Form.

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

However, it does not appear as a Ribbon Command in Excel 2007. To use the Data Form add the Form Command to your Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) – I show you how to do this in the video.

Personally, I do not recommend the Excel Data Form for entering new records in your data set. I like to add Data Validation drop-down lists to ensure data integrity and this feature is not available in the Data Form. However, you can use Criteria to quickly find records for viewing and editing in the form.

Filtering Data with the Data Form

I give you a brief introduction to some of the new filtering options available in Excel 2007. I will cover this in greater detail in another lesson.

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