Starting with a blank excel sheet.
Using One Font and a theme of Colors for your Excel sheet.
a. Black/white for the headings.
b. Blue for the title backgrounds.
c. Grey for the column background.
Font Weights and Font colors.
Adding Graphics.
If you do not want to work it out yourself there are tons of Excel templates that are available in the market. You can choose from tons of Excel sheet templates that are available and tweak the settings and customize the sheet according to Your Needs. Here are a few examples of the existing templates that are available in the templates for Excel.
- Money in Excel.
Money in Excel is a beautiful template for Excel, upon download and creating a file with this template, you will also be asked for permission to install some add-ins. Once the Add-ins are installed you will be good to go.
This template includes 5 sheets in one Workbook, the first one which is an introductory sheet is a Welcome sheet. The second page is the Instructions on How to use this add-in and template. The third sheet is Snapshot, which is a graphical implementation of your data. Fourth and Fifth, Transaction and Categories are the functional sheets of the Template. This template is free for download and is pre-added to the templates for Excel in Excel. - Blue Balance Sheet
Another template that can be really useful for people who are looking forward to creating a balance sheet, you can download it from the template section and is quite easy to customize. This does not have much graphics and is pretty simple in functionality. - Get More out of Pivot Tables
This is the latest addition to the Excel feature list and has really amazing results to learn about the function and get the most out of it. Excel has a dedicated template for this. You can download and get the most out of Pivot Tables. - Drop Down Tutorial
This is not a template but more of a tutorial to learn how to make dropdowns with your workbook. This is an easy implementation and can get you a beautiful drop down that you can implement in your workbook to make it look more professional and cleaner. This will also add great functionality to your workbook..
There are many other templates that are available for free, loan calculators, work schedules, and much more on the Templates section in your Excel. You can use them for your documents or even learn how to make your workbook and create a simple yet beautiful design for your workbook with great functionality.
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