Creating an Empty Workbook
After you start Excel, it automatically creates a new (empty) workbook that it calls Book1. If you are starting a new project from scratch, you can use this blank workbook.
You can create another blank workbook in the following ways:
- Press Ctrl+N.
- Click the Office button, choose New, select Blank Workbook, and click Create.
You can add a button to the Quick Access toolbar that allows you to create a blank workbook with a single mouse click. Click the arrow to the right of the Quick Access toolbar and choose New from the menu. Excel adds the New button to the toolbar.
![Add Button to the Quick Access Toolbar](/ms-excel/images/emw1.gif)
In this tutorial:
- Excel Managing Workbooks
- Creating an Empty Workbook
- Insert Additional Worksheets
- Protecting and Unprotecting a Workbook
- Excel Save Files
- Switching among Open Workbooks
- Work with Worksheets
- Insert a Hyperlink in Workbook
- Comparing Two Workbooks Side by Side
- Opening a Workbook
- Working with Workbook Templates