Opening Microsoft Excel

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How do I open Microsoft Excel? 

Answer

Today's Excel spreadsheet isn't just for financial professionals. Microsoft Excel offers intuitive tools that make it easy to access, connect, and analyze critical data—regardless of your profession.
The first step in learning to use your new software is to start (or in computer parlance: launch) the Excel Program.

Launch Excel:

  1. Click the Windows Start button; this will bring up a set of choices in a menu
  2. Click Programs. Another menu will appear to the right
  3. Locate and click Microsoft Office and another menu will appear on the right
  4. Locate and click Microsoft Office Excel. You have now launched Excel


When Excel starts, it creates a new blank workbook, called Book 1. The Workbook is similar to a notebook. Inside you have sheets, each of which is called a worksheet. Each worksheet has a name that appears on a sheet tab at the bottom of the workbook.

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