title: Automating Excel 2010 using F#
body: <p>I have been searching for a FAQ to tell me how to open a Excel Workbook/Worksheet and also how to Save the File once I have finished.</p>
  
  <p>I notice that in most FAQ and all the books I have purchased on F# one is show how to create a new Workbook/Worksheet but is never shown how to either open or Save it.</p>
  
  <p>Being a newbie to F# I would  very much appreciate it if anyone could kindly provide me with either an answer or perhaps a few pointers?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update</strong></p>
  
  <p>As for why F# and not C# or VB?</p>
  
  <p>I am pleased to say that inspite of being a newbie (with the exception of Forth, VBA &amp; Excel 2003, 2007 &amp; 2010 and Visual Basic) I can do this in both VB, VBA &amp; C# and since I've been retired on medical grounds, with plenty of time unfortunately on my hands, I like to continually set  myself  challenges to keep my little grey cells active and being a sucker for trying new languages....well!</p>
  
  <p>F# is now an intergral part of Visual Studio 2010 so I thought - why not. Consider this - if we are not willing to use or at least try a new languages - I would always be wonder if I might have prefer it to VBA, VB, C# ..... and if you look at it from another point of view, if no one is going to use it - why create it in the first place? I suppose you can say if cave men hadn't experimented and made fire by rubbing two sticks together - where would we be now and would matches have been invented?</p>
  
  <p>Although an complete answer would be good, I prefer a few pointers, to keep my challenge going. </p>
  
  <p>And lastly but not least - thank you for taking the trouble to respond!</p>