Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Using Stored Views.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 31, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Once you have defined the views for a worksheet, you can use them to look at your information in different ways quickly. To select different views, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Custom Views dialog box.
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