Start or Open Excel

In Windows, you start a program. In Mac OS, you open a program. To keep things simple, I'll use the word start for both platforms.

In Windows:

Click Start to display the Start menu.

Click All Programs.

Click Microsoft Office.

Excel starts and an untitled workbook window appears, as shown on page 5.

In Mac ...

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