Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Spreadsheet
I.
Don’t use column A or row 1.
Just don’t.
II.
Even in spreadsheets, pictures are worth more than words.
Take time, google some images; people will pay attention and
You are paid by the hour.
III.
Learn how to resize rows and columns.
You can google it.
IV.
Vivid color is the core of the beauty of this world
But too many colors
Make a spreadsheet hard to read.
V.
Boxes tend to blend together hypnotically
Turn off grid-lines and headers, and chart borders
You can google it.
VI.
Although fun to kill time,
Avoid using more than two fonts.
VII.
3D charts don’t work in a 2D medium.
Google it.
VIII
If your book gets too many pages --
Table of contents.
IX
Always observe the page delineations.
Somebody might just print this thing.
X
Freeze Panes
You can google it.
XI
Headings should stand out.
People want to know what you are
Trying to illustrate
XII
“Zebra Stripes”
You can google it.
XIII
Everything depends
on
A well crafted
Spreadsheet
From a faded blue
Lawn-chair
Beside the white
chickens.