Working with Microsoft Excel
Use these commands for basic document operations using Microsoft Excel.
These procedures use Natural Language Commands. To use them, you must have enabled the Enable Natural Language Commands option and the Enable Microsoft Excel commands option in the Options dialog box>Commands tab>More commands dialog.. For more information, see About Natural Language Commands.
For a list of commands you can use in Excel, say "What Can I Say?" at any time.
To open Excel:Say "Open Microsoft Excel". |
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To open the File menu:Say "Click File Tab". |
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To open all other menus:Say "Click <menu name>". |
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To select a menu item:Say "Click <menu option>". |
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To expand or collapse the ribbon:Say one of the following:
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To set focus to the Tell me what you want to do field (Office 2016 only):Say one of the following:
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To scroll in your document:Say one of the following:
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To stop scrolling:Say "Stop Scrolling". |
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To scroll in windows and dialog boxes:See To scroll in windows. |
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To move around a spreadsheet:Say one of the following:
Or Say one of the following:
Or Use a Natural Language Command, like one of the following:
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To create a new spreadsheet:Say "Create New File". |
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To open an existing spreadsheet:
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To close a spreadsheet:Say "Close File". |
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To save an existing document:Say "Save File". |
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To save a new document:
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To Save As:
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To print a spreadsheet:Say "Print Workbook". |
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To switch between open spreadsheets: |
Related procedures | Additional information |
Working with Microsoft Excel—Working with cell content | About Natural Language Commands |
Moving around in documents, web pages and text fields |