Excel

Quick Start Guide

New to Excel? Use this guide to learn the basics.

Explore the ribbon Find whatever you need Discover contextual commands Share your work with others
See what Excel can do by selecting the Look up Excel commands, Select tables, charts, or other objects Invite other people to view and
ribbon tabs and exploring available tools. get Help, or search the Web. in a workbook to reveal additional tabs. edit workbooks.

Insert and edit functions

Show or hide the ribbon
Use the formula bar to view or
Select the arrow icon to keep
edit the selected cell or to insert
Customize charts the ribbon displayed, or hide it
functions into your formulas.
Select a chart to quickly add, again by selecting the arrow.
change, or remove any existing
chart elements and formatting.

Switch or create sheets

Select the + next to the sheet tabs Change your view
to switch between workbook Select the status bar buttons to
sheets or to create new ones. switch between view options, or
use the zoom slider to magnify
the sheet display to your liking.
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Create something Find recent files
Select File > New, and then select or search for the template you want. Whether you only work with files stored on your PC’s local hard drive or you roam
Begin with a Blank workbook to get right to work. Or save yourself time by across various cloud services, selecting File > Open takes you to your recently
selecting and then customizing a template that resembles what you need. used workbooks and any files that you may have pinned to your list.

Stay connected Import data from anywhere

Need to work on the go and across different devices? Select File > Account to You can import data into Excel from a wide variety of data sources.
sign in and access your recently used files anywhere, on any device, through Select Data > Get Data and choose where you would like to import data from.
seamless integration between Office, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
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Share your work with others Insert functions
To invite others to view or edit your workbooks, select the Share button in the On the Formulas tab, select Insert Function to search for and insert functions,
top right corner. Then, you can share a link or send invitations directly to specific look up the correct syntax, and even get in-depth Help about how your selected
people. If someone doesn't have Excel, they can use the free Excel for the Web functions work.
app to edit and comment.

Manage data with Excel tables Do more with Linked Data

You can choose to format any range of cells in your current workbook as an Excel Find data on hundreds of subjects like cities, foods, animals, constellations, and
table letting you analyze and manage a group of related data independently from more right in Excel. With linked data types, you gain access to a trusted database
the other rows and columns in your workbook. brimming with facts and data, templates to get things done, and more.
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Find whatever you need Ask questions about your data
Type a keyword or phrase into the Search box to quickly find the Excel features With Analyze Data, Excel empowers you to understand your data through
and commands you’re looking for, to discover Help content, or to get more natural language queries that allow you to ask questions about your data without
information online. having to write complicated formulas.

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Send us your feedback

Love Excel? Got an idea for improvement to share with us? On the File menu,
select Feedback and then follow the prompts to send your suggestions directly to
the Excel product team. Thank you!