xlWorkbench Tour: Creating a Model

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xlWorkbench provides handy navigation and printing tools for
working with any Excel workbook. However, the most useful features
of the xlWorkbench System are designed to work with enhanced workbooks,
known as models.
You can quickly convert any workbook into an xlWorkbench model
by formatting it. Formatting a workbook adds hidden elements
to the workbook which give the xlWorkbench add-in a place to store various
pieces of information, such as form definitions and sheet properties.
While the formatting operation adds elements to an Excel workbook, it
does not change the underlying file type. An xlWorkbench model remains a
standard Excel workbook, and you do not need the xlWorkbench add-in to
open the model and work with it in Excel.
Once you have formatted a workbook and set it up as a model, you can
save it as an Excel template. You can use Excel's template features
with xlWorkbench models just as you would with any other workbook.