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in Excel most new projects speak
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 you can
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 document 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 mouse 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 SkyDrive you
can access files that are saved online
to your SkyDrive account under computer
you can access files that are saved
locally all you have to do is 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 an open workbooks in Excel 2013
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