Wiley Excel 2007 Just The Stepstm For Dummies 978-0-470-03921-2 User Manual

Working with 

Excel Files

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n this book, you discover the new Excel interface that provides you with
the right tools at the right time. In most Windows programs, you see

menus and toolbars from which you select your options. Now you discover
the new Excel interface that provides you with the right tools at the right
time. Instead of the traditional look, Excel now provides tabs with icon-and
button-laden tabs on the Ribbon containing your favorite Excel features.
Galleries and themes are also a new addition to Excel, helping you maintain
consistency and style in workbook appearance. The Office Quick Access
toolbar, which is now the only toolbar, provides fast and easy access to basic
file functions. You discover later in this chapter how you can customize the
Quick Access toolbar. 

Throughout the course of this book, you discover methods to use Excel as a
spreadsheet, of course; but you also discover how to use it as a database, a
calculator, a planner, and even a graphic illustrator. You start with the basics
and work into the more advanced Excel actions. 

In this chapter you:

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Open and close the Excel program 

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Open, close, and save Excel workbooks

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Explore the Excel screen including customizing it to make it even
faster and easier to use. 

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Use workbook properties to better manage your files.

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Set Excel default file locations, which saves you time and frustration
when you open and save your workbooks.

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Open and Explore Excel ..............................6

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Select Commands with the Keyboard ............7

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Close Excel ..................................................7

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Customize the Quick Access Toolbar  ............8

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Change Status Bar Indicators........................8

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Create a New Excel File................................9

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Save a Workbook in Various Formats ..........9

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Open an Existing Excel File ........................10

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Rename or Delete a File ............................11

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Set the Default File Locations ....................12

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View and Specify Workbook Properties ......13

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