when you open Excel 2010 the first thing
you'll see is a blank workbook with
three empty spreadsheets but what if you
had another workbook in front of you
that wasn't blank
maybe something you've already been
working on how would you go about
creating a new file start by clicking
the file tab to go to the backstage view
then click new you can either open a new
blank workbook which is highlighted
automatically or a sample template
that's installed on your computer or a
template downloaded from office.com a
template is just a file that's already
been put together both to help you save
time and create a workbook that looks
professional some Excel templates even
include complex formulas or formatting
so you don't have to know how to write
formulas yourself we're going to go over
them in detail in a later lesson so this
time let's select the blank workbook
here click create and it will open in a
new window to open an existing workbook
that's already saved to your computer
click file to return to the backstage
view
if the workbook you're looking for is
something you've worked on recently you
might be able to find it under recent
where your most recent files are listed
here on the right otherwise the easiest
way to open any file is to click open
which takes you to the files and the
folders on your computer now select the
workbook you're looking for click open
and it appears in a new window
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