FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

USING MICROSOFT EXCEL

ADJUSTING COLUMN WIDTH ROW HEIGHT IN EXCEL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the default justification for cells formatted as labels?
A
right aligned
B
left aligned
C
center
D
1 inch
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -By default, Microsoft Excel aligns numbers to the bottom-right of cells and text to the bottom-left. However, you can easily change the default alignment by using the ribbon, keyboard shortcuts, Format Cells dialog or by setting your own custom number format.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notice also that the labels (composed of letters) are all left justified and the values (composed of numbers) are all right justified in their cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Default alignment of text or label entry is left alignment and for numbers and formula it is right alignment.

Detailed explanation-4: -The default alignment for most types of data is left alignment. This helps make the data easily scannable, readable, and comparable. As a default in Microsoft Excel, text typed into a cell is aligned to the left border of the cell while numbers are aligned to the right.

Detailed explanation-5: -Conventional wisdom had it when spreadsheets were first invented that text should align to the left of a cell and numbers should align to the right. This is the default setup for Excel.

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