How to use Excel - Excel for Begginners : Start and pin Microsoft Excel
If you are using Windows 8, Windows Vista or Windows XP the procedure is almost the same as described here using Windows 7.
You should easily be able to figure out the differences between the earlier (or later) versions and Windows 7.
1 - Click the Windows Start Button
at the bottom left of screen
2 - Click All Programs item at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
3 - Scroll down the list and click on the Microsoft Office item.
4 - Pin Microsoft Excel 2010 to the start menu.
You’ll be using Excel a lot so it makes sense to pin it to the start menu. This will make it appear at the top of the list in future so you’ll be able to start Excel with just two clicks.
To pin to the start menu, point to Microsoft Excel 2010 in the list,right-click your mouse and then choose Pin to Start Menu from the shortcut menu
5 - Left-click Microsoft Excel 2010 to start the application.Excel starts and is displayed on the screen:
The Backstage View is displayed. Backstage View is a major new Excel 2010 feature and allows you to do a huge number of common tasks from one simple window.
b - Click the Help button the Backstage View window.
towards the bottom-left pane of
c - You’ll see the Excel version number on the right-hand side of the dialog along with a link pointing to additional version
information. In this example the Excel version is:
If you are using Windows 8, Windows Vista or Windows XP the procedure is almost the same as described here using Windows 7.
You should easily be able to figure out the differences between the earlier (or later) versions and Windows 7.
1 - Click the Windows Start Button
at the bottom left of screen2 - Click All Programs item at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
3 - Scroll down the list and click on the Microsoft Office item.
4 - Pin Microsoft Excel 2010 to the start menu.
You’ll be using Excel a lot so it makes sense to pin it to the start menu. This will make it appear at the top of the list in future so you’ll be able to start Excel with just two clicks.
To pin to the start menu, point to Microsoft Excel 2010 in the list,right-click your mouse and then choose Pin to Start Menu from the shortcut menu
5 - Left-click Microsoft Excel 2010 to start the application.Excel starts and is displayed on the screen:
6 - Check the program version.
a - Click the File button at the top left of the screen.The Backstage View is displayed. Backstage View is a major new Excel 2010 feature and allows you to do a huge number of common tasks from one simple window.
b - Click the Help button the Backstage View window.
towards the bottom-left pane of
c - You’ll see the Excel version number on the right-hand side of the dialog along with a link pointing to additional version
information. In this example the Excel version is:
