Introduction to Excel

   Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that is very accessible and can be used to organize numerical and even non-numerical data, from dates and events to names and addresses to products and prices. It is used by people all over the world to organize their information, from huge corporations organizing shipments to moms organizing their schedules.
   Before excel, microsoft had multiplan, the first spreadsheet program, and that was made to work on at least 50 different types of computers, but that got leapfrogged by it's rival, Lotus 123. They then began makig a new spreadsheet program called oddysey, and that later was called excel. It was designed to be much more accessible to the average person and it got a better look, shortcuts and tabs, and automatic functions to make it the best spreadsheet on the market.
  Businesses can use excel to organize their spending, profits and net worth, and they can even use it to organize their workers by expertise or station. Excel is preferred by many for its built-in formulas becaus they like to have everything right in front of them within easy reach, and what's easier than it being built in already? Excel has many differences from Word, like how it is just one big table whereas Word is like lined paper. Recently, Excel has even been made available on mobile smartphones, so you can use it on the go!