Acer n30 User Manual

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• Create new workbooks on your handheld, such as expense reports and 

mileage logs, or you can copy workbooks from your computer to your 
handheld. 

• Synchronise workbooks between your computer and your handheld so that 

you have the most up-to-date content in both locations.

Creating a new workbook

• Tap 

, Programs, Pocket Excel, and then New. 

A blank workbook appears. Or, if you've selected a template for new 
workbooks in the Options dialog box, that template appears with 
appropriate text and formatting already provided. 

You can open only one workbook at a time; when you open a second workbook, 
you'll be asked to save the first. You can save a workbook you create or edit in a 
variety of formats, including:

• Pocket  Excel  (.pxl)
• Excel (.xls).

When you choose to create a new document, you will be prompted to save any 

already open document.

To create a Pocket Excel file list

Pocket Excel contains a list of the files stored on your handheld. 

• Tap a file in the list to open it. 

• To delete, make copies of, and send files, tap and hold a file in the list. Then 

select the appropriate action from the pop-up menu.

Displaying the toolbar

Pocket Excel provides fundamental spreadsheet tools, such as formulas, functions, 
sorting, and filtering, in its toolbar.