Dialogs

Like most other Mac OS applications, Excel uses dialogs to communicate with you.

Excel can display many different dialogs, each with its own purpose. There are two basic types of dialogs:

  • Dialogs that simply provide information (Figure 24).

    Figure 24. The dialog that appears at the end of a spelling check just displays information.

  • Dialogs that offer options to select (Figure 25) before Excel completes the execution of a command.

    Figure 25. The Font tab of the Format Cells dialog.

Tip

  • Often, when a dialog appears, you must dismiss it by clicking ...

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