Formatting and Printing Worksheets in Excel

The "Normal" interface in Excel differs from the standard "Print Layout" view in Word. Word uses a WYSIWYG interface (this stands for "what you see is what you get", and it is pronounced "wizzy-wig"), but as I emphasized in Excel Basics Part 2, what you see in Excel is not always what you get. You normally know what a Word document would look like on paper even before you print it, but you might be unsure of which portion of your worksheet would appear on each piece of paper when you print an Excel worksheet. Learning how to format and print worksheets is an important skill that will save you from wasting time and paper if you find yourself using Excel on a regular basis in the future.