When you create a Pivot table report there are several options that you can use to influence its appearance. These can be some of the settings in the Options menu, and you can also change the Report Layout by selecting from the menu located in the Design ribbon. What’s new in Excel 2019 is that you can now set the default Pivot table report layout so that each new report looks the way you want it …
Power Query gives us the ability to combine multiple files which belong to one folder. These can be TXT or CSV files, but in practice we will usually combine several Excel files. This is a very powerful option that can save us a lot of time. At the same time, it brings with it some challenges, which you will be able to learn more about in the following text …
Excel has not changed essentially from its origin, and one of its features is that it does not have data types other than text and numbers. All other (derived) types are only differently formatted numbers. In this respect, Excel 2019 (O365) brings two new types: Stocks and Geography. Since it is unlikely that any of you will be trading on stock exchange, this “recipe” will most of the time deal with geographical data and their application.
Comments in Excel are not new option. Nevertheless, from the version to the version, there was more and more work to improve the possibility of collaborative work on the documents. Consequently, Excel has a new type of comment. They refer to commenting on shared documents, which in most cases are on the OneDrive repository, and you can view them in a simple way: by clicking the Comments button in the upper right corner of the window.
Excel is increasingly being used on mobile devices. Although, due to their size, they are not the ideal solution for making reports, as they enable mobility, these computers or tablet devices are a great solution for the presentation of reports. Recently Excel got a group of options, integrated in the Draw ribbon, which allow you to doodle over report and leave comments, just like you would do with the pencil.