Note: Since this is an online version, features and functionality will change. For those already using the desktop version of Excel, creating a workbook in the online version is very similar. Since the online version is free, it has limited functionality (for example, you can't create a pivot table in this version but you can view a file with a pivot table that was created in the desktop version of Excel). You won't need Sharepoint or an Office 365 subscription to access the free version of Excel Online. Excel Online is a light version of Excel and runs in your web browser so you don't need to install any software to use it.

If you haven't set up a free Microsoft account, you can set up an account when you go to or log in with your Microsoft account and a password.

Like PowerPoint and Word, you can access a free online version of Microsoft Excel and create simple workbooks online or open workbooks you or a colleague has created in the desktop version of Microsoft Excel in the online version.

Creating, Editing and Saving Workbooks using Microsoft Excel Onlineīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated June 24, 2016

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