[...]... in Windows 8 2 1 If necessary, press Ctrl+Esc to display the Start screen 2 If necessary, scroll to the Start screen to display the Excel 2013 tile 3 Click the Excel 2013 tile 3 8  Using Excel 2013 in Windows 8: Launch Excel 2013 in Windows 8 2: What’s new and improved in Excel 2013 Analyzing data instantly by using the Quick Analysis tool One of the refinements in Excel 2013 is the Quick Analysis Lens,... integration with Microsoft Windows 8 Excel 2013 also gives you new ways to analyze your data quickly, whether using the Quick Analysis tool, Recommended Charts, Recommended PivotTables, and editing and sharing your data on the web by using SkyDrive and Excel Web App Section 3, “Getting started with Excel 2013, ” and Section 4, “Building a workbook,” cover the basics: starting Excel 2013 and shutting it... workbook in SkyDrive and Excel Web App 2: What’s new and improved in Excel 2013 Using Excel 2013 in Windows 8 After you install Excel on your computer, you can start it from the Start screen in Windows 8, which opens the program with a new, blank workbook You can also start Excel in Windows 8 by pinning it to the taskbar and clicking it when viewing your computer in Desktop mode Launch Excel 2013 in Windows 8... Surveying the Excel program window ■■ Starting Excel in Windows 8 ■■ Adding Excel 2013 to the Start screen ■■ Starting Excel 2013 in Windows 7 ■■ Opening, searching for, and assigning properties to workbooks ■■ Creating a new workbook ■■ Working with multiple workbooks ■■ Sizing, viewing, and zooming windows ■■ Saving Excel workbooks ■■ Closing workbooks and exiting Excel ■■ Using the Excel Help system... blank workbook You can also start Excel in Windows 8 Start Excel 2013 in Windows 8 1 If necessary, press Ctrl+Esc to display the Start screen by pinning it to the taskbar and clicking it when viewing your computer in Desktop mode 2 2 If necessary, scroll to the Start screen to display the Excel 2013 tile 3 Click or tap the Excel 2013 tile 3 20  Starting Excel: Start Excel 2013 in Windows 8 ... PivotTable 5 2: What’s new and improved in Excel 2013 Editing a workbook in SkyDrive and the Excel Web App The SkyDrive service and Microsoft Office 365 provide access to the Office Web Apps, which let you create and edit Office documents in your web browser The Microsoft Excel Web App provides a rich set of capabilities that you can use to create new Edit a file in the Excel Web App 1 In your web... option might be turned off in your copy of Excel 2013 To turn Live Preview on, click the File tab, and then click Options to display the Excel Options dialog box Click General, select the Enable Live Preview check box, and click OK Surveying the Excel program window: Working with galleries  19 3: Getting started with Excel 2013 Starting Excel After you install Excel on your computer, you can start it... know you wanted to do 3 And, finally, if I’ve achieved my first two goals, I’ll be well on the way to the third, which is for my book to help you enjoy using Excel 2013 I think that’s the best gift I could give you to thank you for buying my book I hope you’ll have as much fun using Microsoft Excel 2013 Plain & Simple as I’ve had writing it The best way to learn is by doing, and that’s how I hope you’ll... start Excel and shut it down, how to open Excel documents, how to change the Excel window’s size and appearance, and how to get help from within the program There’s also an illustrated overview of the Excel window, with labels for the most important parts of the program, and a close-up look at the new user interface You can use the images in this section as touchstones for learning more about Excel. .. final word (or two) What’s new and improved in Excel 2013 T his section of the book introduces a selection of the new and improved features in Excel 2013: using Excel 2013 in Windows 8, analyzing data by using the Quick Analysis tool, entering data quickly by using Flash Fill, creating recommended charts, formatting charts by using the new formatting tools, filtering Excel tables by using slicers, . Contents 3 Getting started with Excel 2013 17 Surveying the Excel program window 18 Starting Excel 20 Adding Excel 2013 to the Start screen 22 Starting Excel 2013 in Windows 7 23 Opening existing. most from your computer and your software with the least amount of time and effort and who doesn’t?—this book is for you. You’ll find Microsoft Excel 2013 Plain & Simple to be a straightforward,. “What’s new and improved in Excel 2013, ” fills you in on the most important new features of Excel 2013, which include the program’s seamless integration with Microsoft Windows 8. Excel 2013 also