6 ways to open an Excel workbook

Excel 365 2016 2013 2010 2007
The Open dialog box, is your key to finding and retrieving Excel workbooks.

To display the Open dialog box, perform any of the following actions within Excel:

  • Choose File -> Open.
  • Click the Open Open workbook in Excel 2003  button on the Standard toolbar.
  • Click a document's link in the Getting Started task pane.
  • Press Ctrl+O.
  • Press Ctrl+F12.
  • Press Alt+Ctrl+F2.

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