
Conveniently there was navigation already at the top of each sheet. In the above file as an example, I downloaded it and there were three tabs. Luckily this has already been done in all of Microsoft’s new templates! EXAMPLE Not only do you have to know what controls/functionality there is available to you, but you have to know how to format them, utilize them, and also having a design eye for coloring. This can be a good thing! Even though millions of people use Excel, designing in it isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Click Create to download and open this template.Ī lot of the new templates don’t even look like Excel.

Select it and you get a pop-up which has a snapshot, and on the right a brief description, file size, rating with number of votes, and a create button. For example, this is a new one, a weight loss tracker. If you select one of these fine looking templates, you’ll get a pop-up showing a snap shot of the template. Of course you can specify and refine your search. What you’ll see will be something like this: When Excel is opened to the New section of the Backstage view, you’ll see the latest published list of featured templates.

Microsoft took a new direction in their featured templates, and has developed hundreds of them which are useful and time-saving. Have you seen them? Well, if you have Excel 2013 there’s no doubt you have, because it’s the opening screen when you open Excel now.
