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Create a New Excel File
1. Choose File➪New. The New Workbook options appear
on the task pane.
Optionally, press Ctrl+N or click the New button on the toolbar to
create a new blank workbook.
2.
From the task pane, click Blank Workbook. A new work-
book (see Figure 1-3) appears on top of the existing
workbook.
Save a Workbook
1. Choose File➪Save or click the Save button on the toolbar.
The Save As dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 1-4.
Optionally, press Ctrl+S to save the Excel file.
2.
By default, Excel saves your files in the My Documents
folder. If you want to save your file in a different folder,
select the folder where you want to save the file from
the Save In drop-down list.
3. In the File Name text box, type a descriptive name for
the file.
Filenames cannot contain an asterisk, slash, backslash, or the
question mark character.
4.
Click the Save button. Excel saves the workbook in the
location and with the name you specified.
Figure 1-3: Excel calls each new workbook by the next increment
Figure 1-4: The Excel Save As dialog box
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