Microsoft Excel X for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Excel Workbooks, Templates, & Wizards

The documents you create and save using Excel are workbook files. A workbook is an Excel document that can contain worksheets and charts.

Excel offers three ways to create workbook files:

• A blank workbook file is an empty workbook file with Excel's default settings. You must enter and format all workbook contents.

• A workbook file based on a template contains the values, formulas, formatting, custom toolbars, and macros included in a template file.

• A wizard, such as the List Wizard, creates a workbook file by prompting you for information to be entered in the workbook.

Tips

• Basing a workbook on a template can save a lot of time if you often need to create a standard document—such as a monthly report or invoice—repeatedly. ...