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38 Launching and Quitting Excel
You can use the Search Programs and Files search box on the Windows 7 Start menu to locate Excel on your computer and launch the program in no time at all:
1. Click the Start button on the Windows 7 taskbar to open the Windows Start menu.
2. Select the Start menu’s search text box and type the letters exc to have Windows locate Microsoft Office Excel 2013 on your computer.
If you’re using a device without a physical keyboard, double-tap the right edge of the Touch keyboard that appears on the left edge of the Windows Start menu and screen to make the entire keyboard appear and then tap out the letters exc.
3. Select the Microsoft Excel 2013 option that now appears in the left Programs column on the Start menu.
Pinning Excel to the Windows 7 Start menu
If you use Excel all the time, you may want to make its program option a permanent part of the Windows 7 Start menu. To do this, pin the program option to the Start menu:
1. Start Excel from the Windows Start menu.
To launch Excel, use the appropriate method for your version of
Windows, as I outline earlier in this chapter.
After launching Excel, Windows adds Microsoft Office 2010 to the recently used portion on the left side of the Windows Start menu.
2. Click the Start menu and then right-click Microsoft Office Excel 2013 to open its shortcut menu.
3. Choose Pin to Start Menu from the shortcut menu.
After pinning Excel in this manner, the Microsoft Office Excel 2013 option always appears in the upper section of the left column of the Start menu. You can now launch Excel simply by clicking the Start button and then click- ing this option.
Pinning Excel to the Windows 7 taskbar
If your computer runs Windows 7, you can add a Microsoft Excel 2013 icon to the standard Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, and Windows Media Player buttons on its taskbar.