This document provides an introduction to Microsoft Excel for absolute beginners. It discusses key Excel concepts like workbooks, spreadsheets, the ribbon, data entry, and saving workbooks. A workbook contains one or more spreadsheets to organize data. Each spreadsheet has rows and columns that form a grid of cells where data is entered. The ribbon displays tabs for accessing different commands to work with spreadsheets. Data of various types can easily be added to cells by double clicking and entering information. It is important to save workbooks using the Ctrl + S shortcut or the File menu to preserve changes made in Excel.