Microsoft Excel 2016 – The Start Screen

The Start screen provides quick access to most recently used workbooks, or open other workbooks from local or cloud storage. You will also have instant access to various Excel templates, or search online for other templates, that can help you start a new project quickly.

Navigating the Start screen:

The Start screen provides quick access to most recently used workbooks, or open other workbooks from local or cloud storage.

You will also have instant access to various Excel templates, or search online for other templates, that can help you start working quickly.

You can sign-in to, or switch accounts from here.

Templates do most of the set-up and design work for you, so you can focus on your data. Excel 2016 includes nearly 30 templates, for budgets, calendars, forms, and reports, and more, plus many more available online.

 

Note:

The Start screen showing recent files and templates is enabled by default.

To disable the Start screen in settings, go to ‘File tab (Backstage) > Options > General tab’, and un-check the option at the bottom of the pop-up box