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Strategy: Use the Drawing toolbar, as shown in Fig. 1330. If this is not visible at the bottom of your worksheet, then use View – Toolbars – Drawing. The toolbar typically appears at the bottom of the screen. Use the Arrow tool shown here.
1) Click in the origin cell and drag to the final cell. When you release the mouse button, an arrow will appear, pointing from the first cell to the end cell, as shown in Fig. 1331.
2) Use your mouse pointer to click on the line. Selection handles will appear. Right click and choose Format Drawing Object.
3) As shown in Fig. 1332, in the Format dialog you can customize line width, arrow style, color, etc.
Note: The Properties tab of the dialog controls whether the arrow prints or not. Perhaps the most important property is the checkbox for Move and Size with Cells, as shown in Fig. 1333. If you leave this unchecked and insert rows between the origin and final cell, the arrow does not resize to keep pointing at the final cell.
Summary: Create a variety of arrows to help graphically illustrate the flow of your spreadsheet.
Commands Discussed: View – Toolbars
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