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Standard actions
So in other words, do exactly the same actions you have to unhide columns in Excel on the desktop. Select columns either side of the hidden columns and use the Unhide command. These actions may be harder to achieve on the iPad edition, but to describe as a "secret sequence" the actions that have been used for this in Excel for years makes it sound like he has no real experience of the program. After further explorations he discovered the secret sequence to restore a column. First, select a column to the left of the hidden area, then drag the little selector in the middle of the screen to the right so that two or more columns are selected, and tap on the worksheet frame again. The mythical Unhide command will then reveal itself. “Clear as mud, right?” asked Ringstrom.
As he is the tech editor, this is presumably not the case. Is there some detail I'm missing here that explains why Mr Ringstrom is apparently unfamiliar with the standard operation of Unhide?
That's what I thought! I
That's what I thought! I imagined maybe there was some easier way to unhide in desktop excel that I'd managed to miss.
Imagine the outcry
The Excel community whinged and whined about the introduction of the Ribbon which, in my view, is a much better means of navigation than menus. No so the grey beards who just didn't want to change. They knew the command sequences, where all the little feature were tucked away. Imagine, then, if Microsoft, god forbid, changed the way columns are hidden and unhidden on the iPad. Can you imagine the hue and cry about Microsoft changing the interface again? My bet is that Microsoft learned from the introduction of the Ribbon not to do things in a better way.
That ribbon was crap! ...for ages I've had to google to find out where the buttons had moved to. Then they took away my start button in Windows 8 and I couldn't do anything at all :-(
pdf?
I always understood pdf to stand for portable document format!
never understood why anyone would want to work with excel on an ipad. Better model would be the ability to publish excel apps from excel on a pc
Portable Document Fomat
I always understood pdf to stand for portable document format!
Me too.
Maybe not...
Maybe he was pointing out that on the desktop, the 'unhide' option appears in the menu all the time (whether or not the selection can be 'unhidden'), whereas on the iPAd it would disappear until you had selected something that it could 'unhide'?
Office 2013
I think Microsoft should concentrate on getting Office 2013 right for the PC first. . .Office 2010 was much better and more stable in my opinion. . 2013 is a real backwards step from what I have seen so far. . .
Eloquent
The ribbon is great. Sure things moved but the text, and so purpose, became more obvious. Also, often because the option then exists to do more stuff, its possible to review text formatting, table and graph styling before its applied. I'm glad Microsoft made the change.
As for Windows 8, update to Windows 8.1. It boots to the desktop. You can customize the start menu to meet your needs.
Of course if you are unwilling to change, stick with Windows XP. While it may be out of formal support, in practice Microsoft is still maintaining it from a security perspective.
Surface
Have people tried Excel on a Surface yet?! It's surprisingly good. We use Surfaces for coffee demonstrations and casual pitches. I don't think many PC users are that comfortable using the Mac version of Excel, so why not just stick with PC in the tablet world as well...