Administration and Executive AssistantTier 1010 minbeginner

Bold for Emphasis

Make a header row stand out from the data beneath it with bold text.

What you will learn

• Apply bold formatting to a specific cell or range
• Explain why bold is used for contrast, not decoration
• Recognise that bolding everything defeats the point as much as bolding nothing

Excel skills

Bold · Cell Formatting

The task

This expense summary has a header row and five category rows, but nothing distinguishes one from the other. Bold the header row (row 1) so it stands out from the data.

You work in a real spreadsheet in your browser, and your answer is checked against hidden traps the moment you submit.

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