Monday, November 30, 2009

An Introduction to Microsoft Excel





Microsoft Excel

What is Microsoft excel?
one of the most widely used application software's in businesses today, is a spreadsheet software which uses graphs,charts, pies, rows and columns to organize data. It can also manipulated formulas and allow the software to perform mathematical functions on the data .

Who produces and sells it?
Excel written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.[1
How many versions are there?
Since 1985, there have been ten different versions distributed for Windows, and twelve versions for Mac OS X.

Which type of organizations uses it?
It used by both big organizations as well as small ones.

How long has it been in the market?
Although Microsoft Excel has been in the market since 1987, it did not take off until 1993. In 2003 and 2007 Microsoft made Training and Demo application available.
Is it accurate?
Due to Excel's foundation on floating point calculations, the statistical accuracy of Excel has been criticized as lacking certain statistical tools.[2]
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