# Getting Started

### The Interface

Tablomat looks and behaves similarly to other spreadsheet editors (though with important differences, which we'll get to later).

The user interface consists of a toolbar and a grid cell view, as shown below.

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### Quick Start

To give Tablomat a try, please download and open this file ...

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This file contains the product catalog for an online store. When opened, it looks like this ...

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#### First Impressions

Out of the box, here are some things that Tablomat does as soon as the file is opened, to make content easier to work with ...

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2. Row and column sizes are adjusted for comfortable reading
3. Cell content are shown with the appropriate types automatically (more on this later).

#### Editing and Downloading

Try editing some of the cells to a get a feel for things.

When done, click the ellipsis icon (![](/files/n2WayLBU7WDYfAPCEzgb)) at the right side of the toolbar, then "Download Sheet (CSV)".

The edited sheet will now be downloaded. You can open it again, in either Tablomat or Excel, to confirm that your edits are in the file.

That's it for now. Continue to the following section to learn about column types.


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