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most features in Microsoft Office
including Excel are geared towards
saving and sharing files online this is
done with onedrive which is an online
storage space for your documents and
files so you can access them even when
you're away from your computer if you
want to use onedrive make sure you're
logged in to excel with your Microsoft
account whether or not you're using
onedrive in Excel most projects begin
the same way with creating or opening a
new blank workbook all you have to do is
go to the backstage view and choose new
if you prefer to start from scratch go
ahead and click the thumbnail that says
blank workbook but you can also start
with a template you'll find them in the
very same place in the backstage view a
template is a file that comes with its
own design and sometimes even complex
formulas or formatting they make it easy
to create professional-looking workbooks
without a lot of time and effort you can
browse the ones you see here or search
for something specific if you see a
template you like just click to view a
preview then click the Create button
opening an existing workbook is also
very easy again you'll want to go to the
backstage view but this time click open
in the left pane if the workbook you're
looking for is something you've worked
on recently it might be listed under
recent workbooks in fact you can pin
certain workbooks here so you always
have access to your most frequently used
files all you have to do is move your
cursor over the file then click the
pushpin icon to unpin it click the icon
again you can pin as many workbooks as
you want if the file you're looking for
hasn't been opened recently just look to
the other options for example under
onedrive you can access files that are
saved online to your onedrive account
under this PC you can access files that
are saved locally or you can click
browse then select the workbook you want
when you're ready click open and the
workbook will appear now you know how to
create and open workbooks in Excel