New, Open & Manage Excel Workbooks

Explanation

The File Tab provides tools for managing Excel workbooks. From here, you can create a new workbook, open an existing file and access recently used files.

New Workbook

Use New to create a blank workbook or start from a template.

Open Workbook

Use Open to access an existing Excel file from:

  • Recent Files
  • This PC
  • Browse
  • Cloud locations, where available

Manage Workbooks

Excel also provides options for working with recently opened or recovered workbooks.

Practice

  1. Create a new blank workbook.
  2. Save it.
  3. Close it.
  4. Open it again using File → Open.
  5. Check the Recent Files list.
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