Datasheet

7. Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the Search Results
dialog box.
After closing the Search Results dialog box, you should see the icon
named Shortcut to excel.exe on the desktop. You should probably rename
the shortcut to something a little more friendly, such as Excel 2007.
8. Right-click the Shortcut to excel.exe icon and then click Rename on
the pop-up menu.
9. Replace the current name by typing a new shortcut name, such as
Excel 2007 and then click anywhere on the desktop.
After you create an Excel desktop shortcut on the Windows XP desktop you
can launch Excel by double-clicking the shortcut icon.
Adding the Excel desktop shortcut
to the Quick Launch toolbar
If you want to be able to launch Excel 2007 by clicking a single button, drag
the icon for your Excel Windows Vista or XP desktop shortcut to the Quick
Launch toolbar to the immediate right of the Start button at the beginning of
the Windows taskbar. When you position the icon on this toolbar, Windows
indicates where the new Excel button will appear by drawing a black, vertical
I-beam in front of or between the existing buttons on this bar. As soon as you
release the mouse button, Windows adds an Excel 2007 button to the Quick
Launch toolbar that enables you to launch the program by a single-click of
its icon.
Exiting Excel
When you’re ready to call it a day and quit Excel, you have several choices
for shutting down the program:
 Click the Office Button followed by the Exit Excel button
 Press Alt+FX or Alt+F4
 Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the Excel program
window (the X)
If you try to exit Excel after working on a workbook and you haven’t saved
your latest changes, the program beeps at you and displays an alert box
querying whether you want to save your changes. To save your changes
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