Microsoft Excel Tutorial for Beginners To open Microsoft Excel, click on the Start button and scroll down to Excel under the Microsoft Office option; or simply search for it in the search box.

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links to subordinates called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables.

Microsoft has announced a beta version of Excel that allows pivot tables to automatically update themselves when data is changed.