Getting Started

Let us now begin with the very basics of Microsoft Excel.

To use Excel you first need to start up your computer and log on with your usual username and password. Click the Start button and select All Programs, then from the sub-menu, select Microsoft Office, then select Microsoft Office Excel 2007. When Excel loads you will see the following screen. 

The Workbook 

You will notice that the title bar is labelled Book1 - Microsoft Excel. Excel handles workbooks, which are collections of worksheets. You will also notice that below the displayed cells there are a series of tags labelled Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3. By clicking on a tag with the mouse you will display the contents of that particular worksheet. 

You can use the workbook structure of Excel to store related tables together, but without cluttering a single sheet.