Microsoft Excel Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

1. Set up a workbook

In this chapter

• Create workbooks

• Modify workbooks

• Modify worksheets

• Merge and unmerge cells

• Customize the Excel app window

When you create a new Excel workbook, the app presents a blank workbook that contains one worksheet. You can add or delete worksheets, hide worksheets within the workbook without deleting them, and change the order of your worksheets within the workbook. You can also copy a worksheet to another workbook or move the worksheet without leaving a copy of the worksheet in the first workbook. If you and your colleagues work with a lot of workbooks, you can define property values to make them easier to find when you attempt to locate them by using the Windows search box.

Another way to make Excel easier to ...