Excel is available to you as part of your Microsoft Office97 software package. There are several ways to access Excel, depending upon the computer you are working on. In most cases, the Excel icon will appear as part of the Programs submenu of the Start menu. The Start menu can be accessed by clicking on the Start button, located on the Taskbar. The Taskbar is usually located at the bottom of your screen.
If your computer is on a network, the Excel icon may also appear as a shortcut on your desktop or in a network program manager such as Novell Application Launcher.
Once you have located the Excel icon, either from the Start menu or a desktop shortcut, left click on icon and the Excel application will "launch" (begin running).
The following exercise demonstrates a quick way to open the application from the Start menu:
Exercise: Launching Excel From the Start Menu
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When you launch Excel, an opening screen appears, followed by the appearance of a blank work space called a worksheet. There are several worksheets in each workbook. At this time, you can begin to enter data into the new worksheet, or you can retrieve a previously created and saved Excel file.
To open a previously saved file, left-click on the File menu, then select Open on the file pull-down menu, or left-click on the folder icon button on the toolbar. When the location dialogue box appears, click on the correct disk drive and the folder that your file is located in, and click on Okay.