Excel 2000 in a Nutshell

Chapter 3. File

The File menu provides various options for dealing with workbook files. One of the most useful features available on this menu is the ability to print the contents of a specific worksheet. Unfortunately, printing within Excel 2000 is not as intuitive as it may appear. Before you select the File → Print option you need to make sure you specify the portion of your worksheet that you want to print using the File → Print Area option. You can verify the desired page layout by selecting File → Print Preview. If you don’t like the margins or page breaks, you can make modifications directly on the Print Preview dialog.

If you have access to email, instead of printing a hardcopy of your workbook to give to another individual, you can use the File → Send To options to send a copy of the workbook to others. If you have access to Microsoft NetMeeting you can even send it to the participants in an online discussion, as long as you are the host of the discussion.

Excel 2000 works well with many different applications by providing the ability to both open files from these applications and save Excel workbooks in a compatible format. The File menu also provides options for dealing with various file types. Although Excel is typically used to work with workbooks, the ability to open and save a variety of different types of files allows you to share important information with various applications and earlier versions of Excel as well.

This chapter frequently mentions workbooks and ...