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Chapter 1: Working with Excel Files
Figure 1-1
Figure 1-2
Open and Explore Excel
1. Choose Start➪All Programs➪Microsoft Office➪Microsoft
Excel 2010. The Microsoft Excel program begins with a new,
blank workbook displayed ready for you to enter data. Figure
1-1 illustrates some of the common workbook components.
2. Click any tabs, or task-oriented portions, of the Ribbon. The
first tab, which is displayed in a color different from the
other tabs, is called File. Clicking File displays the Excel
Backstage View, which you find more about in the next sec-
tion. The remainder of the tabs is broken down into subsec-
tions, or groups. For instance, the Home tab includes the
Clipboard, Font, Alignment, Number, Styles, Cells, and
Editing groups. Point your mouse over any button, and a
description of the tab’s features appear.
3. Click the Insert tab. The Ribbon changes to reflect options per-
taining to Tables, Illustrations, Charts, Links, and Text groups.
Additional tabs appear when they’re useful for the current task.
4.
On the Home tab, click the down arrow next to the Format
as Table button. A gallery of table styles appears. (Click the
arrow again to close the gallery.)
5. On the Home tab, click the dialog box launcher on the bottom-
right of the Font group to open a related dialog box (see Figure
1-2). In this example, the Format Cells dialog box opens.
Click the Cancel button to close a dialog box without making any changes.
6.
Pause your mouse over any of the three icons above File. By
default, the Quick Access toolbar functions include Save,
Undo, and Redo.
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