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

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Create and manage files

In this chapter

• Create files

• Open and move around in files

• Display different views of files

• Display and edit file properties

• Save and close files

When working in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, you save content in individual files. In each app, you can save files as different types, depending on each file’s purpose. The standard files are Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations. Regardless of the app or file type, you use similar techniques for creating and working in files, for changing the display of content, and for displaying and modifying the information stored with each file (its properties).

You don’t often create freestanding files when working with Outlook items (although you can ...