How to Save an Excel Spreadsheet to Your Desktop. Your computer's desktop is often the easiest and most convenient place to store files, especially those you use often.

In your Excel document, select File, and from there, click on Save As. Choose where to save the Excel document, and that’s it—you’re done.

If Excel prompts you to save the save the file, click "Save" to continue. The "Select Files to Merge into Current Workbook" dialog window opens and displays a list of your Excel files.

In this guide, we'll show you the instructions to save some extra steps when saving Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents locally in Office 365, Office 2019, or Office 2016.

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