To always open supported Office hyperlinks in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint desktop app instead of the browser, follow these steps: Open Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, or Excel.

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Open your first instance of Excel, and then right-click the Excel icon on the Desktop taskbar. Hold down the "Alt" key and select "Excel 2013" from the pop-up menu.

This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here's a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store.