Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Excel 2003

Chapter 1. Getting Around Excel

In this chapter

• Starting and Exiting the Excel Program

• Identifying Workbook Elements

• Working with Workbooks

• Understanding Cell Basics

• Entering Text

• Saving Excel Data

• Controlling Your Worksheet View

Starting and Exiting the Excel Program

If you’re new to Excel, it won’t be long before you’re accustomed to performing various spreadsheet tasks simply and quickly. You’ll want to start the program with as much speed and simplicity as possible. Choose one of the following methods to start Excel:

• From the Start menu, choose All Programs, and then select Microsoft Excel from the list. This method isn’t the fastest, but you don’t need to do anything special to use it—the menus are set up for you through your installation of Microsoft ...