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Revision as of 20:23, 4 November 2002 by K.lee (talk | contribs) (reverting vandalism)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program written and distributed by Microsoft for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system and Apple Macintosh computers. It is overwhelmingly the dominant spreadsheet application available for these platforms and has been so since version 5 (1993) and its bundling as part of Microsoft Office. It was originally developed for the Mac in 1985 and the first Windows version (1987) was therefore 2. The current version is 10, also called 2002.
It has extensive graphing capabilities, support for Visual Basic for Applications as a scripting language (from 1993), and large numbers of user interface tweaks, but its essence is little different from the original spreadsheet, VisiCalc.
Most versions often have a very cool Easter Egg hidden within.
See: VisiCalc, MultiPlan, Lotus 1-2-3.