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MS Excel 2007: Open an existing workbook

This Excel tutorial explains how to open an existing workbook in Excel 2007 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Question: In Microsoft Excel 2007, how do I open an existing workbook?

Answer:To open an existing workbook in Excel 2007, click on the Microsoft Office button in the top left of the Excel window.

This will reveal a list of "Recent Documents" which are the recent Excel workbooks that you have opened. To quickly open one of these workbooks, click on the workbook name under "Recent Documents".

Or if you can't find the workbook in the "Recent Documents" section, click on Open in the left menu.

This will open a window where you can browse for the Excel workbook file. Highlight the file that you wish to open and then click on the Open button.

In this example, we are opening the workbook file called techonthenet_2007.xlsx.

Excel will open and display the existing workbook.