Microsoft+Excel

= = =Microsoft Excel=
 * (submitted by Marc Schnepp)**

The first version of [|Excel] was released for the [|Mac] in 1985 and the first Windows version was released in November 1987. Previous to Excel there was a program called [|Lotus 1-2-3] and that was considered the "standard" spreadsheet. There have been updated versions released about every two years. This program was developed as a spreadsheet format to help analyze, share, and manage information to make more informed decisions. Excel was the first spreadsheet that allowed the user to define the appearance of spreadsheets by changing the fonts, characters attributes and cell appearance. Excel also introduced intelligent cell computation, where only cells dependent on the cell being modified are updated. Excel has extensive graphing capabilities, and enables users to perform [|mail merge].

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/default.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/

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