How to use the Excel MID function

When using WPS Spreadsheets to process data, sometimes we need to catch part of the data from a series of numbers. We can use the MID formula to realize it, to catch up a certain length of characters from a series of numbers. In this example, there is a list of phone numbers. The MID function can extract the long series of numbers, keeping the last seven numbers when removing the first three characters. Select cell D2 and click the Insert Function to pop up the Search for a function d....

How to change the table format

When using WPS Spreadsheets, we can use the Fill Color tool to change the cell color. Are there any other methods to change the table style quickly? WPS Spreadsheets can realize it with its Format as Table function. 1. Select a cell range to be set. Get into the Home tab and click Format as Table to show its dropdown menu, where we can choose one from the default formats. 2. Left-click on any of the formats. Then, we can see the Format as Table dropdown menu. 3. Check the option titled....

Refresh pivotTable and change data source

If we modified the data source after creating a PivotTable, how can we make the contents of the PivotTable change with the data source? Take this table as an example. We select cell F15 in Sheet1, and change Violin's Total sales to 800. Then we go back to Sheet2 only to find no change in the values of the PivotTable. At this time, we click the Option tab and click the Refresh button to refresh the PivotTable. If we are afraid of forgetting to refresh the data, click Options in the ....

How to change the page orientation

To be office excel advanced, you could learn how to use WPS Office Spreadsheet online in WPS Academy. Changing the orientation of printing paper is mostly necessary for our daily work. How can we set them in landscape or portrait orientation? In this table, we want to set the paper orientation and print it out. First, head to the Quick Access Toolbar in the upper left corner of the interface, then click Print Preview. If we want to print the table horizontally, click the Landscape butt....

How can we change the font in a cell

When using WPS Spreadsheet for statistics and reports, how can we change the font in a cell? In this spreadsheet, select a range of cells. In the Home tab , we can change text settings including Size and Text Color , and add effects for the texts such as Bold, Italic, Fonts, Underline, etc. 1. Select the cells filled with WPS Academy.2. Right-click the cells, and choose Format cells in the pop-up menu. Or we can just select the cells and press the shortcut Ctrl+1.3. Click the Font tab ....

Learn pivot table from the beginning

A PivotTable has a flexible operation interface. We can change the layout of various types of reports only with mouse operation. It can help us better search for information and make decisions.Take this table as an example. This is the sales data of a certain company over a period of time. If we want to count the total sales of products sold by each branch, we can use the pivot table to count it quickly. This is the completed pivot table. 1. First, select any cell with data in this tab....

Change horizontal data to vertical and make data clearer

In our daily work, we may encounter some table data with a vertical layout. Using the proper layout style for different tables will make it more convenient for us to check data. So how can we change horizontal data to vertical?1. First, we use the shortcut key Ctrl+A to select all the contents in the table.2. Then use Ctrl+C to copy the selected cell range. 3. Right-click and select the Paste Special option.4. Select Transpose in the popup menu. Then the horizontal data will immediatel....

Change paper orientation and size for printing

How can we change the paper orientation for printing in WPS Writer? This video can help us and it can be also used in Microsoft Office Word and Openoffice. Take this word document as an example. 1. Get into the Page Layout tab, where we can find the Orientation and Size buttons.2. Click the Orientation button. Then, we can choose either Portrait or Landscape as the page orientation.3. Click the Size button. Then we can see several default styles of paper sizes provided by WPS Office. I....