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Going Backstage with Excel 2016

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You can find out a lot about and customize your Excel installation through Backstage view. This video explains how to access Backstage view and the pieces of information you can find there, such as a file's properties and Excel's program settings.

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Greg Harvey, PhD is the President of Mind Over Media. Greg wrote his first computer book more than twenty years ago and since that time, he has amassed a long list of bestselling titles including Excel All-In-One For Dummies (all editions) and Excel Workbook For Dummies (all editions).

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