|  A sales report that displays daily, weekly, and monthly totals in a hierarchical format, such as an outline, helps your reader to sift through and interpret the pertinent information. In outline format, a single item can have several topics or levels of information within it. An outline in Excel indicates multiple layers of content by displaying a plus sign (+) on its left side. A minus sign (-) indicates that the item has no contents, is fully expanded, or both. Create an Outline or Group -
 | Organize data in a hierarchical fashion ”place summary rows below detail rows and summary columns to the right of detail columns . | -
 | Select the data that you want to outline. | -
 | To create an outline, click the Data menu, point to Group And Outline, and then click Auto Outline. | -
 | To create a group, click the Data menu, point to Group And Outline, and then click Group. Click the Rows or Columns option, and then click OK. |  Work an Outline or Group -
| | Click a plus sign (+) to expand an outline level; click a minus sign (-) to collapse an outline level. |  Did You Know? You can ungroup outline data . Select the data group, click the Data menu, point to Group And Outline, click Ungroup, click the Rows or Columns option, and then click OK. You can clear an outline . Select the outline, click the Data menu, point to Group And Outline, and then click Clear Outline. | |
