Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 15, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
When you work with the same workbooks over and over again, you may want to come up with a quick way to get to those workbooks. This can be easily done in Excel; just follow these steps if you are using Excel 2007:
If you are using Excel 2010 or a later version, then the steps are slightly different:
That's it. You can now access these commonly used workbooks at any time by simply displaying the recent workbook list where they will always be shown at the top of the list.
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2020-08-16 10:12:09
John Mann
Another technique I have used is to create a desktop short-cut to some of my frequently used files. I also use the method in this tip.
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