Understanding File Terms

The File menu contains all the operations that we will discuss in this lesson: New, Open, Close, Save and Save As.

New

Used to create a new Workbook.

Open

Used to open an existing file from a floppy disk or hard drive of your computer.

Close

Used to close a spreadsheet.

Save As

Used when to save a new file for the first time or save an existing file with a different name.

Save

Used to save a file that has had changes made to it. If you close the workbook without saving then any changes made will be lost.