Chapter 1: The Excel 2013 User Experience
In This Chapter
Getting to know Excel 2013’s Start screen and program window
Selecting commands from the Ribbon
Unpinning the Ribbon
Using Excel 2013 on a touchscreen device
Getting around the worksheet and workbook
Launching and quitting Excel
Excel 2013 relies primarily on the onscreen element called the Ribbon, which is the means by which you select the vast majority of Excel commands. In addition, Excel 2013 sports a single toolbar (the Quick Access toolbar), some context-sensitive buttons and command bars in the form of the Quick Analysis tool and mini-bar, along with a number of task panes (such as Clipboard, Research, Thesaurus, and Selection to name a few).
Among the features supported when selecting certain style and formatting commands is the Live Preview, which shows you how your actual worksheet data will appear in a particular ...