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• Welcome to Quattro Pro Help
• Getting started with Quattro Pro
  • Welcome to Quattro Pro
    • What’s new in WordPerfect Office X5?
    • Using the WordPerfect Office X5 setup
    • Registering WordPerfect Office X5
    • Updating WordPerfect Office X5
    • Migrating from earlier versions of WordPerfect Office
    • About Corel Support Services
    • About customer feedback
    • About Corel
  • Learning to use Quattro Pro
    • Using the documentation
    • Getting additional help
    • Accessing information on the Corel Web site
    • Using Web-based resources
  • Quattro Pro basics
    • Understanding the components of a notebook
    • Working with toolbars
    • Working with the application bar
    • Viewing notebook information
    • Recording notebook summary information
    • Working with Quattro Pro Experts
    • Quitting Quattro Pro
    • Reference: Quattro Pro basics
• Quattro Pro Accessibility features
  • Using Accessibility features
    • Accessing Quattro Pro documentation in ASCII text format
    • Customizing keyboards, toolbars, and menus
    • Modifying display and navigational features
    • Changing the text size of the Help
• Compatibility with Microsoft Excel
  • Using compatibility features
    • Changing compatibility options
  • Quattro Pro compatibility with Microsoft Excel
    • Comparing Microsoft Excel and Quattro Pro features
    • Simulating the Microsoft Excel workspace
    • Sharing Quattro Pro spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel users
    • Reference: Moving between Microsoft Excel and Quattro Pro
  • Quattro Pro compatibility FAQ
    • Opening and saving files
    • Creating the equivalent of a Microsoft Excel PivotTable
    • Using macros
    • Opening Microsoft Excel templates
    • Converting currency formats
• Creating and managing spreadsheets
  • Creating spreadsheets
    • Creating and opening notebooks
    • Adding and deleting spreadsheets
    • Moving and copying spreadsheets
    • Renaming spreadsheets
    • Selecting cells, rows, and columns
    • Inserting and deleting cells, rows, and columns
    • Creating labels and special characters
    • Entering values
    • Filling cells and spreadsheet tabs automatically
    • Creating a series to fill cells
    • Restricting and annotating cell data
    • Creating simple equations
    • Calculating data in rows and columns
    • Using preset calculations
    • Reference: Creating spreadsheets
  • Working with project templates
    • Creating projects by using templates
    • Quattro Pro templates
    • Working with project template categories
  • Viewing and navigating spreadsheets and notebooks
    • Navigating spreadsheets and notebooks
    • Displaying, arranging, resizing, and hiding windows
    • Zooming data and viewing screen components
    • Hiding and revealing rows and columns
    • Hiding notebook, spreadsheet, or screen components
• Working with data
  • Managing files and data
    • Opening and saving files
    • Sending files
    • Inserting, importing, and combining files
    • Importing text into columns
    • Linking and embedding objects
    • Editing and updating objects and links
    • Creating notebook links
    • Editing and updating notebook links
    • Sorting data
    • Filtering data
    • Consolidating data
    • Working with outlines
    • Protecting data
    • Reference: Managing files and data
  • Using WordPerfect Office file management
    • Working with files and folders
    • Previewing files
    • Printing and viewing file lists
    • Using the Favorites folder
    • Mapping a network drive
    • Viewing pages from the Web or an intranet
    • Disabling the file management dialog boxes in WordPerfect Office
    • Protecting files
• Editing and formatting spreadsheets
  • Editing spreadsheets
    • Checking spelling
    • Editing cell content
    • Undoing actions
    • Editing grouped data
    • Copying and moving cells, rows, and columns
  • Using the writing tools
    • Adding a Writing Tools language
    • Using the spelling checker
    • Using the thesaurus
    • Using the dictionary
    • Setting dictionary options
    • Working with user word lists
    • Changing the language settings
    • Customizing the writing tools
    • Reference: Using writing tools
  • Formatting spreadsheets
    • Resizing rows and columns
    • Using formatting tools
    • Wrapping text
    • Joining cells
    • Changing the appearance of text
    • Working with fills, patterns, and borders
    • Changing colors in the notebook palette
    • Aligning data
    • Working with numeric formats
    • Creating custom formats
    • Creating a bar format
    • Working with page breaks
    • Creating headers and footers
    • Customizing margins
    • Working with styles
    • Reference: Formatting spreadsheets
  • Working with formulas and functions
    • Working with formulas
    • Recalculating formulas
    • Moving and copying formulas and referenced cells
    • Composing formulas
    • Working with spreadsheet functions
    • Tracing errors in formulas
    • Naming cells
    • Reference: Working with formulas and functions
  • Quattro Pro Functions List
  • Quattro Pro Functions Categories
    • Database spreadsheet functions
    • Date and Time spreadsheet functions
    • Engineering spreadsheet functions
    • Financial spreadsheet functions
    • Logical spreadsheet functions
    • Mathematical spreadsheet functions
    • Miscellaneous spreadsheet functions
    • Statistical spreadsheet functions
    • String spreadsheet functions
  • Quattro Pro Functions Equivalents
  • Analyzing data
    • Using statistical analysis tools
    • Creating frequency distribution tables
    • Performing regression analysis
    • Performing matrix operations
    • Creating scenarios
    • Managing scenarios
    • Creating one-variable What-If tables
    • Creating two-variable What-If tables
    • Using goal seeking
    • Finding optimum solutions for linear and nonlinear problems
    • Reference: Analyzing data
  • Summarizing data by using CrossTab reports
    • Creating CrossTab reports
    • Creating CrossTab reports by using OLAP data sources
    • Creating CrossTab reports by using ODBC data sources
    • Naming CrossTab reports
    • Formatting CrossTab reports
    • Updating and refreshing CrossTab report data
    • Sorting and filtering CrossTab report data
    • Moving and deleting CrossTab reports
    • Customizing CrossTab report fields
    • Hiding field items and details in CrossTab reports
    • Calculating field summaries in CrossTab reports
    • Performing field data comparisons in CrossTab reports
    • Expanding, filtering, and removing field elements in OLAP CrossTab reports
    • Making static copies of CrossTab reports
    • Expanding CrossTab reports
  • Using databases
    • Creating notebook databases
    • Preparing queries for searching notebook databases
    • Querying notebook databases
    • Querying external databases
    • Importing data from external databases
    • Refreshing data from external databases
    • Reference: Using databases
• Working with charts and graphics
  • Presenting spreadsheet data in a chart
    • Plotting chart data
    • Creating charts automatically
    • Creating area charts
    • Creating bar charts
    • Creating bubble charts
    • Creating Gantt charts
    • Creating high/low charts
    • Creating histogram charts
    • Creating line charts
    • Creating mixed charts
    • Creating pie charts
    • Creating polar charts
    • Creating radar charts
    • Creating scatter charts
    • Creating spectral charts
    • Creating surface charts
    • Adding titles to charts
    • Adding linked data to charts
  • Working with chart series
    • Changing chart data
    • Changing the order of chart data
    • Plotting a series on a secondary y-axis
    • Changing bar chart options
    • Changing line chart options
    • Changing pie chart options
    • Changing high/low chart options
    • Changing the fill and border style of a chart series
    • Changing the fill and border style of data points
    • Replacing chart series with riser models
    • Applying transparency and glow to a chart series
    • Displaying data labels
  • Working with chart text
    • Selecting text
    • Changing font appearance
    • Applying fills to text
    • Positioning, rotating, and moving text
    • Adding boxes to text
    • Adding fills to text boxes
    • Setting the numeric format for chart text
    • Editing chart text
  • Formatting the x and y axes
    • Displaying and positioning axis labels
    • Setting the numeric format for the x and y axes
    • Displaying and formatting gridlines
    • Specifying scale properties
  • Working with 3D charts
    • Changing the viewing angle of 3D charts
    • Managing viewing angles
    • Changing the fill and border of 3D chart walls
  • Editing charts
    • Selecting chart items
    • Changing chart types
    • Changing legend labels and position
    • Changing legend boxes and borders
    • Applying fills to legend boxes
    • Changing the fill and border of chart frames
    • Changing the background fill
    • Applying advanced rendering to charts
    • Changing chart lighting
    • Moving, resizing, and deleting charts
    • Saving and retrieving chart templates
  • Analyzing chart data
    • Plotting trendlines
    • Plotting error bars
    • Reference: Analyzing chart data
  • Adding graphics to spreadsheets
    • Drawing shapes and lines
    • Creating text box graphics
    • Arranging graphics
    • Viewing graphics
    • Managing and sharing graphics
    • Changing the properties of a shape
    • Working in the Draw Picture window
  • Using Scrapbook
    • Starting and quitting Scrapbook
    • Working with Scrapbook items
    • Searching for items in Scrapbook
    • Working with Scrapbook categories
    • Previewing sound and movie files in Scrapbook
    • Viewing items in Scrapbook
    • Updating Scrapbook items
    • Reference: Using Scrapbook
  • Using TextArt
    • Working with TextArt
    • Using fonts and symbols
    • Aligning and rotating TextArt images
    • Changing the appearance of 2D TextArt images
    • Changing the color and direction of light on 3D TextArt images
    • Adjusting the bevel of 3D TextArt images
    • Adjusting the resolution and texture of 3D TextArt images
  • Using Equation Editor
    • Creating equations
    • Selecting equations
    • Moving equation elements
    • Formatting equation elements
    • Setting default spacing of equation elements
    • Adding nonmathematical phrases to equations
    • Deleting equation elements and equations
    • Adding equations to the list of preset equations
    • Creating matrices in equations
  • Reference: Equation Editor
    • Palettes
    • Troubleshooting
  • Adding maps to spreadsheets
    • Creating and positioning maps
    • Presenting data on maps
    • Editing maps
    • Customizing map legends
    • Reference: Adding maps to spreadsheets
• Sharing projects
  • Working with PDF files
    • Publishing to PDF
    • Setting passwords for PDF files
    • Creating PDF styles
    • Working with fonts in PDF files
    • Modifying PDF settings
    • Optimizing PDF files for the Web
  • Creating spreadsheets for the Web
    • Publishing spreadsheet data in HTML
    • Setting HTML style options
    • Using XML with Quattro Pro
    • Working with Web queries
    • Working with Web links
    • Linking to Web graphics
    • Reference: Creating spreadsheets for the Web
  • Using passwords
    • Using password protection
  • Working collaboratively
    • Sharing notebooks
    • Comparing notebooks
    • Reviewing notebooks
• Layout and printing
  • Printing
    • Setting up a printer
    • Setting up a print job
    • Previewing a print job
    • Printing the active spreadsheet or notebook
    • Controlling a print job
    • Spacing a print job
    • Printing data
    • Printing charts and maps
    • Printing selected print areas
    • Printing headers and footers
    • Printing headings
    • Laying out a print job
    • Saving, restoring, and naming default print settings
    • Printing to a file
    • Reference: Printing
• Automating tasks
  • Using macros
    • Recording and editing Quattro Pro macros
    • Working with macro libraries
    • Recording and editing PerfectScript macros
    • Creating VBA macros
    • Debugging and editing a VBA macro
    • Using the PerfectScript class to change a Quattro Pro document
    • Working in Developer mode
    • Recording macros that use relative or absolute cell references
    • Attaching macros to notebooks and buttons
    • Playing macros
    • Debugging Quattro Pro macros
    • Debugging PerfectScript macros
    • Using macros to customize application settings
    • Reference: Using macros
  • Using OLE automation
    • Using Quattro Pro with Lotus Notes
    • Reference: Using OLE automation
  • Using form controls
    • Creating controls on a spreadsheet
    • Customizing and managing controls on a spreadsheet
    • Properties of form controls
  • Using custom dialog boxes and controls
    • Creating custom dialog boxes
    • Editing and positioning dialog boxes
    • Adding dialog box controls
    • Assigning properties to dialog box controls
    • Attaching actions to dialog box controls
    • Editing and positioning dialog box controls
    • Working with child controls in dialog boxes
    • Creating Help and tips for controls
    • Using macros to display a dialog box
    • Reference: Using custom dialog boxes and controls
    • Properties of dialog box controls
  • Customizing Quattro Pro
    • Changing program settings
    • Changing the workspace
    • Changing the display theme
    • Customizing menus
    • Customizing keyboards
    • Changing currency and punctuation settings
    • Setting a default language
  • Using shortcut keys and startup switches
    • Using shortcut keys
    • Using startup switches
  • Quattro Pro properties
    • Understanding object properties
    • Understanding cell properties
    • Understanding property syntax
    • Common properties
    • Active Object properties
    • Common Chart Object properties
    • Drawn Chart Object properties
    • Fixed Chart Object properties
    • Dialog Control properties
    • Menu Item properties
    • Notebook Object properties
    • Objects Sheet Icon properties
• Glossary