Finding and Opening Existing Workbooks

After you’ve created an Excel workbook, you will probably want to open it again, whether to verify the contents, add or update data, or copy data from one workbook to another. If you don’t know the exact name of the file you want to open, but do know some of the data it contains, you can search for the file and open it after you’ve located it.

Open a Workbook

  1. Click the Microsoft Office button.

  2. Click Open.

  3. Navigate to the folder that contains the workbook you want to open.

  4. Click the workbook.

  5. Click Open.

    Open a Workbook

Open a Recently Used Workbook

  1. Click the Microsoft Office button.

  2. Click the workbook you want to open.

    Open a Recently Used Workbook

Search for a Workbook and Open It

  1. Click the Start button on the taskbar.

  2. Click Search.

  3. Click Document.

  4. Click the Advanced Search button.

  5. Type all or part of the name of the workbook you want to find.

  6. Type a word or phrase in the document.

  7. Select the locations you want to search.

  8. Click a file name in the Search Results list to open the file.

    Search for a Workbook and Open It
    Search for a Workbook and Open It

    Tip

    Tip

    If your computer has several large hard disks, you should be sure to limit the locations you search by selecting only the hard disk where the file is most likely to reside. If you don’t find the file in the first search, you can broaden your scope the next time.

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