WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:16.500 In Excel, most new projects begin the same way—with creating or opening a new, blank 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:17.590 workbook. 00:00:17.590 --> 00:00:22.680 All you have to do is go to the backstage view… and choose New. 00:00:22.680 --> 00:00:28.260 If you prefer to start from scratch, go ahead and click the thumbnail that says Blank Workbook. 00:00:28.260 --> 00:00:31.899 But you can also start with a template. 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:35.430 You'll find them in the very same place in the backstage view. 00:00:35.430 --> 00:00:40.920 A template is a file that comes with its own design and sometimes even complex formulas 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:42.329 or formatting. 00:00:42.329 --> 00:00:47.199 They make it easy to create professional-looking workbooks without a lot of time and effort. 00:00:47.199 --> 00:00:54.530 You can browse the ones you see here, or you can search for something specific. 00:00:54.530 --> 00:00:59.550 If you see a template you like, just click to view a preview… then click the Create 00:00:59.550 --> 00:01:03.239 button. 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:05.930 Opening an existing workbook is also very easy. 00:01:05.930 --> 00:01:10.580 Again, you'll want to go to the backstage view… but this time, click Open in the left 00:01:10.580 --> 00:01:12.090 pane. 00:01:12.090 --> 00:01:15.960 If the workbook you're looking for is something you've worked on recently, it might be listed 00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:17.799 under Recent Workbooks. 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:22.290 In fact, you can "pin" certain workbooks here, so you always have access to your most frequently 00:01:22.290 --> 00:01:24.149 used files. 00:01:24.149 --> 00:01:28.420 All you have to do is mouse over the file, then click the pushpin icon. 00:01:28.420 --> 00:01:30.850 To unpin it, click the icon again. 00:01:30.850 --> 00:01:34.540 You can pin as many workbooks as you want. 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:39.240 If the file you're looking for hasn't been opened recently, just look to the other options. 00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:43.510 For example, under SkyDrive, you can access files that are saved online to your SkyDrive 00:01:43.510 --> 00:01:45.219 account. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:48.799 Under Computer, you can access files that are saved locally. 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:55.180 All you have to do is click Browse… then select the workbook you want. 00:01:55.180 --> 00:02:01.250 When you're ready, click Open… and the workbook will appear. 00:02:01.250 --> 00:02:04.909 Now you know how to create and open workbooks in Excel 2013.