Exiting Excel

To exit Excel and return to the Windows 95 desktop, perform either of these two steps:

  • Open the File menu and select Exit.

    or

  • Click the Close (X) button in the Excel window.

If you changed the workbook in any way without saving the file, Excel displays a prompt asking if you want to save the file before exiting. Select the desired option. See Lesson 7 for help in saving your workbook.

In this lesson, you learned how to start and exit Excel. In the next lesson, you'll learn about the Excel workbook window.

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