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On the right side of the Account screen, you find the Product information. Here you can see the activation status of your Office programs as well as review the version number of Excel that is installed on your device. Because many licenses allow up to five installations of Office 2013 on different devices (desktop computer, laptop, Windows tablet, and smartphone, for example), you can select the Show Additional Licensing Information link and then click the Manage Account link that appears to go online. There, you can check how many Office installations you still have available and, if need be, manage the devices on which Office 2013 is activated.
Ripping through the Ribbon
The Ribbon (shown in Figure 1-4) groups related commands together with the goal of showing you all the most commonly used options needed to per- form a particular Excel task.
Figure 1-4:
Excel’s Ribbon consists
of a series of tabs containing command buttons arranged into different groups.
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The Ribbon is made up of the following components:
✦ Tabs: Excel’s main tasks are brought together and display all the com- mands commonly needed to perform that core task.
✦ Groups: Related command buttons can be organized into subtasks nor- mally performed as part of the tab’s larger core task.
✦ Command buttons: Within each group you find command buttons that you can select to perform a particular action or to open a gallery. Note that many command buttons on certain tabs of the Excel Ribbon are organized into mini-toolbars with related settings.
✦ Dialog Box launcher: This button is located in the lower-right corner of certain groups and opens a dialog box containing a bunch of additional options you can select.
Book I Chapter 1
The Excel 2013 User Experience