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History of Microsoft Excel

Excel invented in the year 1978 by software pioneer Dan Bricklin, who started up Software Arts with Bob Frankston and created VisiCalc.

The current version of Excel application is part of office 365 package, provided by Microsoft Corporation.

Below we can see the journey of Excel spreadsheet.

Years	Features
1978	VisiCalc : Basic arithmetic operations
1980	SuperCalc: Bundled with WordStar. Solving the circular references
1982	MULTIPLAN: In collaboration with Microsoft. R1C1 format and cell address introduced
1983	Lotus 123: Integral charting and basic graphing
1985	Microsoft Excel 1.0: Graphical interface and drop-down menu. Capability to use the mouse pointer.
1987	Microsoft Excel 2.0: First windows version of Excel
1990	Microsoft Excel 3.0: Includes toolbars, drawing capabilities, 3D charts
1992	Microsoft Excel 4.0: More customizable toolbars, more shortcuts, mouse implementation.
1993	Microsoft Excel 5.0: Multiple sheets, support VBA, record macro and automate the work.
1995	Microsoft Excel 7.0: First 32-bit version faster and stable
1997	Microsoft Excel 8.0: Paperclip office, assistant, validations, a new interface for VBA developers.
1999	Microsoft Excel 9.0: Excel self-repair, holds multiple objects.
2001	Microsoft Excel 10.0: Background formulas -auditing, identifies the errors.
2003	Microsoft Excel 2003: Support XML, a New “list range” feature.
2007	Microsoft Excel 2007: Different formats .xlsx for data only .xlsm for macros Introduction of the ribbon system.
2010	Microsoft Excel 2010: Sparklines, image editing capabilities.
2013	Microsoft Excel 2013: Powerview, flash-fill, 50 new functions.
2016	Office 365: Turn data insights, customized graphical presentation, Share workbook, discover more about your data

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