Launching and Quitting Excel Part (B) Pinning Excel to the Windows 7 Taskbar

If your computer runs Windows 7, you can add a Microsoft Excel 2010 icon to the standard Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, and Windows Media Player buttons on its taskbar. To do this, drag the Microsoft Excel 2010 icon that you’ve either pinned to the Windows Start menu (see “Pinning Excel to Start menu,” which immediately precedes this section) or that you’ve added as a shortcut to the Windows desktop (see the sections on adding an Excel shortcut to your Windows desktop for Windows 7, Vista, or XP that immediately follow this section for details) and drag and drop it into its desired position on the Windows 7 taskbar. Technical Data used in the field explained in advanced excel training courses in Rawalpindi.

After you pin a Microsoft Excel 2010 icon to the Windows 7 Taskbar, the button appears on the Windows taskbar each time you start your computer, and you can launch the Excel program simply by single-clicking its Quick Launch button. Some more details of advanced excel training courses in Rawalpindi  are as under.

Adding an Excel shortcut to the Windows 7 or Vista desktop:

Some people prefer having the Excel Program icon appear on the Windows desktop so that they can simply double-click the program icon to launch Excel. To create an Excel program shortcut for Windows Vista, follow these steps:

1.      Click the Start button on the Windows 7 or Vista taskbar. The Start menu opens.

2.      Click the Start Search text box on the Start menu and type excel.exe. Excel.exe is the name of the executable program file that runs Excel. After finding this file on your hard drive, you can create a desktop shortcut from it that launches the program.

3.      Right-click the file icon for the excel.exe file at the top of the Start menu and then highlight Send To on the pop-up menu and click Desktop (Create Shortcut) on its continuation menu. A shortcut named Microsoft Excel 2010 appears on your Windows desktop.

Adding an Excel shortcut to the Windows XP desktop:

If you’re running Excel 2010 on Windows XP, use the following steps to create a program shortcut for your desktop:

1.      Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar. The Start menu opens the Search item.

2.      Click Search in the lower-right corner of the Start menu. The Search Results dialog box appears.

3.      Click the All Files and Folders link in the panel on the left side of the Search Results dialog box. The Search Companion pane appears on the left side of the Search Results dialog box.

4.      Type excel.exe in the All or Part of the File Name text box. Excel.exe is the name of the executable program file that runs Excel. After finding this file on your hard drive, you can create a desktop shortcut from it that launches the program.

5.      Click the Search button. Windows now searches your hard disk for the Excel program file. After this file is found, its name appears on the right side of the Search Results dialog box. When this filename appears, you can click the Stop button in the left panel to halt the search. TSK Training for Skills and Knowledge is the best institute in Rawalpindi Islamabad for Pakistani Students who wants to join advanced excel training courses in rawalpindi