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LAS TITLE Customizing a Cell in Spreadsheets LAS NO. 12 SCORE
Use alignment and border effects in customizing a cell in a spreadsheet ● text wrapping to contents
LEARNING
COMPETENCY
within a cell, cell range ● cell contents alignment: horizontally, vertically ● cell content orientation ●
merge cells ● center a title in a merged cell ● border effects to a cell.

I. CONCEPT NOTES
Customizing a cell in spreadsheets is basically changing the appearance of a cell to present
data effectively. Here are some ways of customizing a cell.
1. Wrap Text – Wrapped cell expands as you type. This ensures that all data, especially
long and multiple texts, in the cell are visible.
1. Select MS Excel 2010

the cell. You can adjust

the row and
2. Click column fit to You can also
Wrap your text size. center and
Text middle align the
button. text.

2. Merge Cell – It combines two or more adjacent cells to create a single, larger cell.
This is usually used to create a label that extends to several columns.
2.Click the
1. Highlight MS Excel 2010
Merge
the selected
Cells icon.
cells by
clicking and
dragging.

3. Border effects – Adding borders to individual cells is done to emphasize or define

sections of a worksheet or table.
MS Excel 2010

2. Click
1.Highlight
the
the
Borders
selected
icon from
data.
the toolbar
and
choose an
effect.

II. EXERCISES
Fill in the missing word.

1. ___________ is used to display long texts in a single cell.

2. ___________ is used to emphasize or define section of a worksheet.
3. ___________ cell allows multiple adjacent cells to be combined into a single larger cell.
4-5. In aligning a text to be in a middle, click _________ and _________________.