Office 2010 Visual™ Quick Tips

Chapter 2. Timesaving Tips for Office Files

Office files come in several different "flavors" depending on the program. In Word, files you create are referred to as documents, but in Excel, they are called workbooks. In PowerPoint, files are presentations, whereas in Access, they are known as databases. In Publisher, the files you create are publications. In Outlook, you do not really create files, per se, although you can export various components, such as address books and calendars. Regardless of the official name, an Office file is simply the stored data you save in a program.

Because files are such a basic part of using an application, they share a lot of the same elements and tasks. For example, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher share ...