Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Inside Out

Exploring File Management Fundamentals

One of the advantages of working with computers is the convenience of electronic files. In this section, we describe both the usual and unusual ways you can manage your Excel files.

Creating Workbooks

To create a new workbook, click the File tab, and then click New to display the Available Templates screen shown in Figure 2-20. With Blank Workbook selected, press Enter (or click the Create button on the right), and a fresh workbook opens. Each new workbook you create in the current Excel session is numbered sequentially: Book1, Book2, and so on.

Figure 2-20. Click the File tab and then click New to display the ...