How do you exit a frozen program, trying to open an exel

how do you exit a frozen program, trying to open an exel not realizibg my new mac book pro has no such software installed, .i keep getting the pretty color spinning wheel

As a very last resort, you can hold the power button for 10 seconds to force-stop the entire system.  But stopping all processes (even the normal OSX routines "write" operations) can leave your system in need of file-system (but not HD physical) repair.

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