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The document discusses how to open, save, and close workbooks in Microsoft Excel. It describes the different types of data cells can contain like labels, values, and formulas. It provides steps for opening a new or existing workbook, saving a workbook for the first time or using the same file, and closing a workbook.

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Computer 4 Jan 23

The document discusses how to open, save, and close workbooks in Microsoft Excel. It describes the different types of data cells can contain like labels, values, and formulas. It provides steps for opening a new or existing workbook, saving a workbook for the first time or using the same file, and closing a workbook.

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Working with Worksheets

Microsoft Excel
Opening a Blank Workbook

You can open a new workbook by


doing any of the following steps:
Launch the Excel program. Choose Blank
Workbook from the start screen.
If the Excel Program is already open, click the File Tab,
and then New Choose Blank Workbook.
You may also Press Ctrl + N
Understanding Cell Contents
A worksheet may contain different types of data. It
can be words, numbers, mathematical formulas or
functions. Here are the basic types of data that a
cell contain.
LABELS- These are the words and alphanumeric
data like street address, telephone numbers and
other numeric data that are not used for
calculations.
VALUES- these are numbers, dates and days in
weeks and other data that are used for calculations.
FORMULAS- These begin with an equal sign and
may contain mathematical operators like addition
(+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), division (/)
or function (SUM, AVERAGE)
Saving a Workbook
Your entries and changes in the workbook are stored
temporarily in your computer’s memory. If you exit
Excel, shut down your computer, or the power blips
off even a second without saving your work, you
risk losing what you have done. It is important
therefore that you save your work as frequently as
at least every 10 minutes to prevent data loss.
1.Click File then Save. When you are saving a workbook for
the first time, Excel will display the Save as Dialog box.
2.Specify the location where you want to store your workbook
file. Click the Browse button for more location.
3. In the File Name: box type the name of your workbook,
choose an appropriate file name.
4. Click the Save Button to finish. The file name should appear
on the title Bar as an indication that the file has been save
properly.
There are other ways to save a workbook file:
7. Click the Save Button on the QUICK
ACCESS TOOLBAR or click Ctrl+S to save
the changes made in the workbook using the
same file name and location.
8. Click the File Tab then select the Save as
button to save the existing workbook with a
new file name or in a different location.
CLOSING A WORKBOOK
To close a workbook, do one of the
following steps:
• In the upper-right corner of the
Excel window, Click CLOSE.
• Click the File Tab then Select
CLOSE.
OPENING AN EXISTING WORKBOOK
To open an existing workbook. Click the File
Tab then select Open. Then, do one of the
following steps:
• In the lists of recent workbooks, click the
recently opened workbook file.
• Click computer to browse the location of the
saved workbook, and then double-click the
workbook file to open.

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