Getting Audible Feedback

If you are using a multimedia computer (you know--the type that has more bells and whistles than your home stereo system), then you can configure Excel so it make noises. Granted, every version of Excel makes an obnoxious ding whenever you press the wrong key or try to do something it doesn't like, but now you can expand the auditory experience to an even wider array of obnoxious noises. To set up Excel to use audible feedback, follow these steps:

1. Choose Options from the Tools menu. Excel displays the Options dialog box.
2. Select the General tab. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. Make sure the Provide Feedback with Sound check box is selected.
4. Click on OK.

You have now enabled the use of sounds. If you want to change which sounds Excel uses, then do your tweaking in the Sounds applet of the Control Panel. (This is within Windows, not in Excel itself.)