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If you don’t want part of the Excel worksheet to be visible or when you don’t want certain data to appear in print outs, then a simple solution is to temporarily hide columns and rows.

Hide a single column:

1) Right click on the column header of the column you want to hide (this is the grey bar along the top edge of the worksheet)

2) Choose Hide from the menu

3) This column will now be hidden from view

Hide more than one column:

1) In the column header drag select to highlight the columns you want hidden

2) Right click and choose Hide from the menu

Hide separate columns:

1) Click on the fist column to be hidden

2) Press and hold down the CTRL key

3) While holding the CTRL key, left click on the rest of the columns you want to hide

4) Right click and choose Hide

Please note:- When you hide a column in an Excel worksheet, data in that column can still be used and referenced in the worksheet.

Ever closed an Excel workbook and clicked the “Don’t Save” option, then realised you should have saved it! Microsoft Excel 2010 now has a file recovery option for just such an occassion. This has proved invaluable in our Microsoft Excel Training Courses in London.

Always check the AutoRecover time in the Excel options. To do this go to the File, Options and Save. (Shown below)

Set the “Save AutoRecover information every” time to 2mins.