5 Managing Microsoft® Pocket PC 2003 companion programs
Pocket Excel
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• Create new workbooks on your handheld, such as expense reports and
mileage logs, or you can copy workbooks from your computer to your
handheld.
• Synchronise workbooks between your computer and your handheld so that
you have the most up-to-date content in both locations.
Creating a new workbook
• Tap , Programs, Pocket Excel, and then New.
A blank workbook appears. Or, if you've selected a template for new
workbooks in the Options dialog box, that template appears with
appropriate text and formatting already provided.
You can open only one workbook at a time; when you open a second workbook,
you'll be asked to save the first. You can save a workbook you create or edit in a
variety of formats, including:
•Pocket Excel (.pxl)
• Excel (.xls).
NOTE: When you choose to create a new document, you will be prompted to save any
already open document.
To create a Pocket Excel file list
Pocket Excel contains a list of the files stored on your handheld.
• Tap a file in the list to open it.
• To delete, make copies of, and send files, tap and hold a file in the list. Then
select the appropriate action from the pop-up menu.
Displaying the toolbar
Pocket Excel provides fundamental spreadsheet tools, such as formulas, functions,
sorting, and filtering, in its toolbar.