Section 6 - Open an Existing Workbook

To open an existing workbook in Excel XP, if the workbook you want to open is one that was used recently, it will be listed under the File menu on the menu bar. Move your pointer to the list of recently used files, just above Exit at the bottom of the menu. Select the file and it will open automatically. If the file came from a removable disk be sure to insert the disk into the corresponding drive in order to retrieve the file. For Excel 2004 on the Mac select the File menu and below Properties… the recently used files will be listed.

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• Click on File and select Open.

OR

• Click on the Open icon on the standard toolbar.

Selecting Open from the file menu or clicking on the Open icon brings up the Open dialog box. This shows a list of the contents of the folder where a workbook was last saved.

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