Excel Workbook

What is an Excel workbook?

An Excel workbook is a software document that gathers rows and columns in an organized way. A user can also apply statistical and mathematical reasoning to data in the Excel worksheet and modify it under the company’s requirements.
So, this is the complete introduction to the Excel spreadsheet. In the next section, you will learn how to open an Excel workbook.

How to make an Excel sheet?

Excel is a software that contains workbooks. When you start a new project in Excel, you need to create a new workbook. There are many ways to start work with the worksheet. You can create a new sheet in Excel or choose between creating a new one by working with the blank, a template worksheet, or opening an existing Excel worksheet.

Step 1: Open the Excel app from the search box and click the app icon.

Step 2: click on the blank workbook.

Step 3: Now the workbook interface is open.

Now you can click on any cell, input data in the workbook, and start your Excel journey.

Open an existing spreadsheet

You can open a previously saved Excel file. So, open the file tab click on the open button, and go to the button of browse to find files. also, you can set up OneDrive save your files, and access them anytime online. But you need to sign in to the office with a Microsoft account.

Open an existing spreadsheet

If you include a new sheet to save different categories of data. You have to insert a new spreadsheet in the working workbook. This way Excel workbook contains several worksheets.

Step 1: To insert a new sheet in the Excel workbook, go to the bottom and click on the “+” icon. A new sheet opens or you right-click on the existing sheet and select the option of insert.

Step 2: A insert dialog box is opened, select the worksheet icon and click the ok button.

Customize, rename, tab color, and delete the spreadsheet

Step 1: By right-clicking on the sheet a new option of the list appears like a tab color and changes the appearance of the sheet button.

Step 2: Now you can rename the sheet following the rules select the rename option and name the sheet according to your need.

Step 3: You can also delete the sheet by clicking the option.

Step 4:  you can protect your sheet by creating a password you can select any option give in the dialog box.

FAQs

1. How many sheets are in Excel?

An Excel file contains a workbook that has sheets in it. In a workbook, 255 sheets can be inserted.

2. Can an Excel workbook be protected?

Yes, an Excel sheet can be protected by going into the ribbon and then clicking the view tab and you will see the icons of protect sheet and workbook.

3. In which field excel spreadsheet is mostly used?

Excel sheet is most commonly used for data entry in business and banking like performance reporting, and data analysis in the banking system, and is used in many other departments like weather and forecasting.