excel worksheets

i have three questions:
1. sometimes a sheet or an area outside the sheet becomes grayish in color.
what does this mean and how does it hamper my work?
2. what is the difference in page break preview if a line is blue versus
yellow in color on the worksheet?
3. how can i break-up a continuous sheet of say ten pages( the tab marked
p1-p10) to ten separate worksheets numbering p1, p2, p3, p4, and so on?

Thank you very much
Aamir

Aamir,

1. This is probably because you have page break view on (view, page break
preview) and the grey area shows that it is not in your print area. To turn
off the page break preview use view, normal. You can do anything in the
grey area but it will not print unless you increase the print area (put you
mouse over the edge of the white area, which should be marked by a blue
line, until it becomes double headed then hold your left mouse button down
and drag the line as far as you want the print area to go.

2. No difference, if the whole of the print area is selected the edge line
goes yellow.

3. You could either insert new worksheets (insert, worksheet) and copy each
page to a different sheet. Or you could copy the sheet you have 9 times (and
easy way to do this is to hold down the control key then left click on the
sheet tab with your mouse hold down the mouse button, still holding the
control key down and drag the worksheet tab to the right which will create a
copy of it) You could make 9 copies and then on each one delete the rows
you do not want. This would keep any formatting you had.

Good Luck,
Barbara

"Aamir" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>i have three questions:
> 1. sometimes a sheet or an area outside the sheet becomes grayish in
> color.
> what does this mean and how does it hamper my work?
> 2. what is the difference in page break preview if a line is blue versus
> yellow in color on the worksheet?
> 3. how can i break-up a continuous sheet of say ten pages( the tab marked
> p1-p10) to ten separate worksheets numbering p1, p2, p3, p4, and so on?
>
> Thank you very much
> Aamir

Barbara, thank you! Out of 100, I would rate you 112.
Is it possible that you can send this to your supervisor, if you have one?

If I have excel questuions in the future, can i send them to you directly.
Your response now, and by others a couple of times in the past, are
heart-warming.
But I do not want to this if it in anyway violates the procedure and
security of your system.

Regards
Aamir



"Barbara Wiseman" wrote:

> Aamir,
>
> 1. This is probably because you have page break view on (view, page break
> preview) and the grey area shows that it is not in your print area. To turn
> off the page break preview use view, normal. You can do anything in the
> grey area but it will not print unless you increase the print area (put you
> mouse over the edge of the white area, which should be marked by a blue
> line, until it becomes double headed then hold your left mouse button down
> and drag the line as far as you want the print area to go.
>
> 2. No difference, if the whole of the print area is selected the edge line
> goes yellow.
>
> 3. You could either insert new worksheets (insert, worksheet) and copy each
> page to a different sheet. Or you could copy the sheet you have 9 times (and
> easy way to do this is to hold down the control key then left click on the
> sheet tab with your mouse hold down the mouse button, still holding the
> control key down and drag the worksheet tab to the right which will create a
> copy of it) You could make 9 copies and then on each one delete the rows
> you do not want. This would keep any formatting you had.
>
> Good Luck,
> Barbara
>
> "Aamir" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >i have three questions:
> > 1. sometimes a sheet or an area outside the sheet becomes grayish in
> > color.
> > what does this mean and how does it hamper my work?
> > 2. what is the difference in page break preview if a line is blue versus
> > yellow in color on the worksheet?
> > 3. how can i break-up a continuous sheet of say ten pages( the tab marked
> > p1-p10) to ten separate worksheets numbering p1, p2, p3, p4, and so on?
> >
> > Thank you very much
> > Aamir
>
>
>