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Change the default file location in Excel 2013 and Excel 2010

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DefaultFileLocation

We have already seen the following articles on Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

In this tutorial we are going to see how to change the default file location in Microsoft Excel 2013 and Excel 2010.

Click the File menu on Microsoft Excel and then the options link.

Change file location excel 2010

In the Option window, navigate to Save workbooks section under Save option. Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system will have the default file location set to their users document folder. Now change this to your preferred working folder by making the necessary changes to Default file location property. After making the change, click Ok button to confirm and save the changes.

Change undo limit in Excel 2013 and Excel 2010

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Undo

As per the Excel Specifications and limits the maximum limit for undo in Excel 2010 is set to 100. In the previous version of Excel this was set to 16. The maximum limit value is fixed but you can increase or decrease this limit by modify registry settings.

Please Note:- Changing Registry Settings is not recommended and do this with at most caution while trying these changes.

To change the undo maximum limit, Open Windows Registry Editor and then navigate to the following path

HKEY_CURRENT_USER –> Software –> Microsoft –> Office –> 14.0->Excel->Options

Create a new DWORD value with the key name as UndoHistory

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Then modify UndoHistory by setting the Base as Decimal and value as 16. Click the OK button to save the changes.

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This would decrease the number of undo same as the previous of Excel. You can also increase the undo limit from 100 to 200 for Excel 2010 by changing the above created Windows Registry key.

Changing column width in excel 2013 and excel 2010

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There are different ways for changing the column width of cell in Excel 2010 and Excel 2013. Some of them are listed below

Double Clicking Column Header

The easiest one for adjusting the column width is to double click the Column Header of cell whose width needs to be changed depending on the longest length of text entered in the Cell. The mouse pointer needs to placed on the border line before doing a double click

Using Mouse Drag and Drop

Mouse Drag and Drop Column Width

Another way for changing the column width is to use mouse drag and drop feature and adjust the cell column width depending upon the requirement.

Using Format menu option

Excel also provided option for changing the column width by using the Format menu option. In the home menu, navigate to Cells section and click the drop down arrow below the Format menu option.

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This would display the following list of available menus.

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To Change the column width of the selected cell, select Column Width from the available menus and enter the desired column width for the cell in Column width text box.

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And if you want to change the width for all the columns in the Worksheet then select Default Width menu from Format menu option and specify the Standard Width in Standard column width text box.

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How to enable a disabled add-in in Excel 2010

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Office products such as Word, Excel Outlook will automatically disable installed add-in if any add-in prevented the software from functioning correctly. And it also provides option for enabling the disabled add-in items. In Excel 2010 you can enable a disabled add-in using the add-in options.

Click the File menu –> Options link –> Navigate to Add-Ins options.

Excel 2010 Add-ins

Select Disabled Items in the Manage dropdown and click the Go button. This would display the following Disabled Items window using which you can see and also re-enable the disabled add-in. You can select the ones you wish to re-enable and click the Enable button.

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How to enable or disable multi threading feature in Excel

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Microsoft Excel 2010 has a multi threading feature which when enabled reduces the time taken for complex calculation or Formulas. And you can enable this feature when your computer supports multi processing capabilities. Listed below are the steps to enable or disable multi threading feature in Excel 2013 and Excel 2010

Step 1: Click File menu and select Options from the list.

Step 2: In the Options window, click Advanced tab and scroll down to Formulas section.

enable or disable multi threading feature in Excel 2013 and Excel 2010

Step 3: Now you can enable or disable multi threading feature by using the checkbox with label Enable multi-threaded calculation. This also provides option for specifying the number of processor that has to be used for the calculation. By this way Excel users can turn on or off multi threading feature.

Also See: How to turn off auto calculation in Excel 2010

How to change starting page number in Excel 2010

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This post is in reply to the query posted by a reader that

My footer is starting with zero. Why?
I want it to start with one.

Excel 2010 footer page number by default starts with number 1and you can change the starting page number using the Page Setup option.

Step 1: Click the File menu and navigate to Print option.

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Step 2: In the Print screen, click the Page Setup link available at the bottom.

Step 3: This would display the following Page Setup window.

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Enter the starting page number for you footer in the First page number field. If you want to have the default behavior then keep the value as auto.

Step 4: Click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

By this way you can customize the starting page number in Excel 2010.