Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel: Updated for Office 2007

Chapter 1 Getting Started with Excel 5

Launching Excel

When Excel 2007 is installed on your computer, the installation program

automatically inserts a shortcut icon to Excel 2007 in the Programs menu

located under the Windows Start button. You can click this icon to launch

Excel.

To start Excel:

1 Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar and then click All

Programs.

2 Click Microsoft Offi ce and then click Microsoft Offi ce Excel 2007 as

shown in Figure 1-4.

Note: Depending on how Windows has been configured on your

computer, your Start menu may look different from the one shown

in Figure 1-4. Talk to your instructor if you have problems launch-

ing Excel 2007.

Figure 1-

Starting

Excel 2007

3 Excel starts up, displaying the window shown in Figure 1-5.