Microsoft Excel Tutorial for Beginners To open Microsoft Excel, click on the Start button and scroll down to Excel under the Microsoft Office option; or simply search for it in the search box.

Excel Spreadsheets: Navigation, shortcut keys, data sort and filter, formulas and functions We start with the basics for navigating, entering, and calculating data.

Placing spreadsheet data into a table quickly formats it and makes it easy to work with and analyze. Here’s how to use this basic yet powerful Excel tool.