\nThe other day, in a mad hurry, I was working on a spreadsheet. As so often happens, I needed more columns between two I’d made. No problem: right click, then Insert, which gives choices to insert Entire row or Entire column.<\/p>\n
For the first time ever, I noticed something was different about the dialog box: rather than Insert, its title was Delete.<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, I’ve never encountered the Delete dialog box before. Yet, it’s next below Insert. For the first time I know of, in my hurry, I’d clicked Delete by accident.<\/p>\n
Rather than its title, the Delete dialog box is very similar to Insert, giving choices that include Entire row and Entire column. If I’d just clicked Entire column, I would have deleted one, which could have been a disaster. I thanked God that I’d noticed the dialog box said Delete instead of Insert.<\/p>\n
We all love Excel and other office programs, but they’re so packed with features, a few careless keystrokes can really make a setback. Incredibly, I hadn’t encountered the Delete dialog before then.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about Excel: the tutor makes an observation. The other day, in a mad hurry, I was working on a spreadsheet. As so often happens, I needed more columns between two I’d made. No problem: right click, then Insert, which …<\/p>\n