Excel 2010 Bible

Part VII: Appendixes

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Note

The interface won’t launch if you have autorun (or autoplay) disabled. In that case, choose Start ➪ Run. In the

dialog box that appears, type D:\start.exe. (Replace D with the proper letter if your CD drive uses a different

letter. If you don’t know the letter, see how your CD drive is listed under My Computer.) n

You can then view the directory structure on the CD.

What’s on the CD

The following sections provide more details about the software and other materials available on the CD.

Applications

Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader is a freeware application for viewing files in the Adobe Portable Document format.

Freeware programs are copyrighted games, applications, and utilities that are free for personal use. Unlike

shareware, these programs do not require a fee or provide technical support.

eBook version of Excel 2010 Bible

The complete text of the book you hold in your hands is provided on the CD in Adobe’s Portable

Document Format (PDF). You can read and quickly search the content of this PDF file by using Adobe’s

Acrobat Reader.

Sample files for Excel 2010 Bible

The files discussed in the book are organized by chapter. With a few exceptions, the files are all Excel 2010

files that have either of the following extensions:

l XLSX: An Excel workbook file

l (^) XLSM: An Excel workbook file that contains VBA macros
When you open an XLSM file, Excel may display a Security Warning and tell you that macros have been
disabled. To enable macros, click the Enable Content button in the Security Warning panel.
Because the files on this CD are from a trusted source, you may want to copy the files to your hard drive
and then designate the folder as a trusted location. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Open an Explorer window, and select the CD-ROM drive that contains the companion
   CD-ROM.


2. Right-click the folder that corresponds to the root folder for the samples files, and choose
   Copy from the shortcut menu.


3. Activate the folder on your hard drive where you’d like to copy the files. Right-click the
   directory, and choose Paste from the shortcut menu.

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