What font and size do you model in

Always been a default Calibri 11pt guy (esp because all the Cap IQ shortcuts follow that format and I’m too lazy to change them) but wondering if Arial pt10 is the way to go.

Current settings:

  • Font: Calibri
  • Size: 11
  • Gridlines: Off
  • Zoom: 100%
  • Column A Width: 2

Curious to hear your thoughts on this pressing matter.

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Seems like Arial is the most prestigious. Changing my Excel settings as we speak.

 

Font: Garamond/comic-sans

Size: 11

Gridlines during making the model, remove at end

Zoom: Usually 80-90%

Column A width 3

 

if you cant model in wingdings FS (font size...) 1 - may be best to re-evaluate a career in banking

 

Hey there, I currently model in

Font: Gill Sans Light Shadowed

Size: 6

Gridlines: On

Zoom: 160%

Column A Width: 0.5

 

arial 10

no gridlines

column A 2 width

zoom depends on monitor size

(matt ting also uses this and i worship him)

 

Bump for Arial 10. I'll do 2 empty rows on all 4 sides and print screen capturing the 1 empty row and not capturing the other, was taught that way and looks clean

 

Yessir - if helpful I also prefer adding in running mini-excel headers too on all my tabs. So something like:

  • Cell C3 is the title of the whole workbook
  • Cell C4 is the title of the tab (I'm sure y'all know but for the younger ones, use this formula =MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,255))
  • Cell C5 (if needed) denotes the currency and denominations I'm using, like "Values in US$bn unless otherwise denoted"

I feel like such a nerd for writing that lol

 
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No gridlines
Page Break Preview
Print Format: Landscape Orientation, Fit All Columns on One Page
Rows to repeat at top: 2:X
1 space row top (outside print area)
2 space columns left & right @ 1.5 (first outside print area, second inside)
Bottom of tab 2 rows @ 8 with Alt H B H line in between
Arial 9
Row height 10.75 (spacing rows 3,5,8 depending on relationship with row above/below)
Column width 6-7.75
Hardcodes 0/0/255
Cell links 0/128/0
Numbers #,##0.0;(#,##0.0);- [I hate _)]

 

Arial 8
ALT W V G
Zoom depends on the monitor I am using and the hour of the day (eyes don't really work the same after looking at the screen for 15 hours)

 

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