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A first look at Excel 2007
In the first part of our Excel 2007 tutorial, we'll explain what you will see when the programme first starts. We're not going to explain what a spreadsheet is, and assume that you already know. If you don't, we have an introduction here: If you want to know where all your familiar menu items have gone, there's a Reference guide on the Excel 2007 help menu. Click the blue Help question mark on the Excel 2007 tool bar, or just press F1 on your keyboard. When the help section appears, click on the book icon to bring up the Table of Contents. From the Table of contents, click on Getting Help. Under this menu, select "Reference: Locations of Excel 2003 commands in Excel 2007". Scroll down to the bottom and you'll see the Menu option from Excel 2003. Here's an image of what you should be looking at: Reference: Locations of Excel 2003 commands in Excel 2007
Excel 2007 - What the new version looks likeLaunch your Excel 2007 software. When the programme loads, you'll see something like this: Excel 2007 Main Screen (Opens in a new window 67KB) If you've ever used a previous version of Excel then you'll notice that the new version looks quite different! Microsoft have completely redesigned the look of the software. It has now what's called the Ribbon running right across the top. It's supposed to be more intuitive. Emphasis is placed on the tools and menu options appropriate to what you're doing. Here's a closer look at the Ribbon when Excel first starts (it's split in half, here):
In the top left of the left side of the Ribbon there's a big circle. This one:
Click on this, and you'll see all the file operations: Close, Open, New, Exit, etc:
We'll go through all these later, along with the various option on the Ribbon. But the best place to start with Excel is getting to grips with all those numbers and letters. These are the Rows and Columns. We'll do that in the next part.
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