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it's important to save your work
frequently in case Excel or your
computer shuts down unexpectedly but
there's more than one way to save in
Excel 2013 you can also save and share
your workbooks online so you can
collaborate with other SkyDrive users
we'll take a look at the regular save
command first you'll find it on the
quick access toolbar just click and if
it's a new workbook you'll be taken to
the backstage view here you can save the
workbook to SkyDrive or your computer in
this example we're going to choose
computer then click browse to choose a
location next enter a file name for the
workbook and click Save when you're done
now you can save any time as you
continue to work all you have to do is
click the save command on the quick
access toolbar again if you want to save
a different version maybe in a different
location or with a different file name
you can go to save as in the backstage
view and follow the same steps as you
can see the selection defaults to
SkyDrive
if you primarily save workbooks to your
computer you might want to change the
default setting so computer is always
selected to do this click options in the
backstage view then click Save in the
left pane and check the box that says
save to computer by default when you're
done click OK to close the dialog box if
you ever forget to save or if Excel
crashes while you're working not to
worry the autorecover feature saves a
backup copy of your workbook
automatically to recover a file that was
lost without saving all you have to do
is reopen Excel the document recovery
pane should appear on the left here you
can access any autosaved versions of the
file by default Excel auto-saves every
10 minutes so if you're working on
something for less than 10 minutes you
may not be able to use this feature next
I'd like to show you how to export your
file to an alternative file type you can
access your options in the backstage
view under export PDF is a good choice
if you need to send a file to some
one who doesn't have Excel this format
will make it possible for them to view
but not edit the workbook using a free
program that anyone can download under
change file type you can access several
other formats depending on what you need
for example if the person you're sharing
with has Excel but it's Excel 2003 or
earlier you'll need to send them a
97-2003 workbook instead finally let's
take a look at more ways that you can
share by going to share in the backstage
view here your choices will vary
depending on whether or not the file is
saved to your SkyDrive account for
example if it is saved to SkyDrive you
can share it online and invite specific
people to collaborate with you this lets
you work on the exact same file with
friends co-workers and other SkyDrive
users so you don't have to keep track of
multiple versions or pass the workbook
back and forth
alternatively you can get a link that
you can share any way you want or you
can post the file directly to a social
networking site but it's generally best
to invite specific people unless you
have a file that needs to be seen or
edited by a much wider audience how you
choose to save and share in Excel 2013
is up to you it just depends on the
workbook with so many options you should
be able to accomplish exactly what you
need whether it's exporting your file as
a PDF or sharing it online