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Getting Started with Excel
chapter 1
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PART I
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Does Excel prompt me to
save before closing the
program?
If you have not made any
changes to the workbook,
Excel closes without
prompting you to take any
further action. However, if
you have made changes to
an open workbook, Excel
prompts you to save the
workbook. After you
respond to the prompt,
Excel closes regardless of
whether you save the
workbook.
Can I click the X in the
upper-right corner to close
Excel?
Yes. But if you have more
than one workbook open,
Excel closes only the active
workbook instead of the
program. You must click
the X in the upper-right
corner of each open
workbook. When you click
the X while viewing the
last open workbook, both
the workbook and the
program close. Before
Excel closes any workbook
you have changed, Excel
prompts you to save the
workbook.
What happens if I pin Excel
to the taskbar?
A button for Excel always
appears on the Windows
taskbar. To pin Excel to the
taskbar, complete steps 1 to
3, right-click on Microsoft
Excel 2010, and then click
Pin to Start Menu.
How do I create a desktop
shortcut?
To create a desktop
shortcut for Excel, complete
steps 1 to 3, right-click on
Microsoft Excel 2010, click
Send To, and then click
Desktop (Create Shortcut).
Close Excel
1 Click the File tab.
Backstage view
appears.
2 Click Exit.
Excel closes all open
workbooks.
The main window for
Excel opens.
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The cell pointer ( )
appears as you move
the mouse over cells
in the worksheet. You
use the cell pointer to
select cells.
Note: See Chapter 4 for
more on selecting cells.
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