Datasheet

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Part I: Creating Spreadsheets
Figure 1-1:
The Excel
2010
program
window
as it
appears
immedi-
ately after
launching
the
program.
Worksheet areaFile menuName box
Formula bar RibbonQuick Access toolbar
Zoom
control
View
buttons
Status
bar
Sheet
tabs
Q. What are the primary functions of the commands located on the File menu in the Excel
Backstage View?
A. To open, close, save, print, and share your Excel workbook files as well as to modify the
Excel program options.
Q. What is the primary function of the Quick Access toolbar?
A. To enable you to quickly select Excel commands that you use all the time without having to
open the File menu or use the Ribbon commands.
Q. What’s the primary function of the Ribbon in Excel 2010?
A. To group related Excel commands together and give you quick and easy access to these
commands.
Selecting Commands on the File Menu
in the Backstage View
Clicking the File menu, the green tab-looking thingy at the far left of the Ribbon, opens
the Excel Backstage View with a menu of options that appears down the left side.
Almost all the commands on this menu are related to actions that affect the entire file,
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