Starting Excel

Excel is a spreadsheet program that can help you create worksheets and invoices and do simple and sophisticated number crunching ; it is designed to help you calculate the results of formulas and help you organize and analyze numerical data.

To start Excel from the Windows desktop, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button, and the Start menu appears.

2. Point at All Programs (in Windows XP; in Windows 2000 select Programs ), and the Programs menu appears.

3. Select the Microsoft Office program group and then Microsoft Office Excel 2003 to start the program.