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What is Excel?

Excel is a spreadsheet program created by Microsoft. It uses tables to record and analyze numerical and statistical data with formulas and functions.
In Simple words, MS Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program included with Microsoft office and is mainly used to record data in tables.
It consists 148576 Rows and 16384 Columns.

History & Releases.

It was initially released in 1985 for Macintosh-based system

Excel Windows Year of Release
Excel 2.0 1987
Excel 3.0 1990
Excel 4.0 1992
Excel 5.0 1993
Excel 95 1995
Excel 97 1997
Excel 2000 2000
Excel 2002 2002
Excel 2003 2003
Excel 2007 2007
Excel 2010 2010
Excel 2013 2013
Office 365 (2016) 2016
Excel 2019 2018

Uses of MS Excel

Essential uses of Excel

  • Data Entry
  • Data Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Accounting
  • Financial Modeling
  • Time Management
  • Task Management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Charting, Graphing and Reporting

How to launch Excel

First way launching Excel

  • Step 1- First we need to click on the start button
  • Step 2- Navigate to the all programs and select Microsoft office folder
  • Step 3- After that we must locate the Excel and double click on it to launch it.

Second way launching Excel

  • Step 1- First we need to click on the start button.
  • Step 2- Next we need to click on the search box and type excel in it.
  • Step 3- Now click on Microsoft Excel to launch.