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`History of Microsoft Excel 1978 – 2013
`[Infographic]
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`How long have you been using Microsoft Excel?
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`Have you ever thought how Excel or the other
`electronic spreadsheet softwares came to
`existence?
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`In today’s post, we will go back in time to trace
`the origin of Excel. So, here we go:
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`While the origin of electronic spreadsheets can
`be traced back to 1978, but it wasn’t until 1982
`when Microsoft jumped into the arena of
`Electronic spreadsheets with a product known as MultiPlan.
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`Muliplan was Microsoft’s first electronic spreadsheet program. It was introduced in 1982 as a
`competitor for VisiCalc (the first ever electronic spreadsheet program). The key difference
`between Multiplan and its competitors was Microsoft’s decision to use R1C1 addressing
`instead of the A1 addressing which was introduced by VisiCalc.
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`Muliplan was very popular on CP/M systems, but on MS-DOS systems it lost fame to Lotus
`1-2-3. This thing motivated Microsoft to develop another spreadsheet product Excel.The first
`version of Excel was released in 1985 for Mac. Later in November 1987, the first Windows
`version was released.
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`It all started with VisiCalc:
`In 1978, Harvard Business School student Dan Bricklin developed a program called VisiCalc. It
`was a relatively small program with few basic capabilities. It could only calculate data within a
`matrix of 5 columns by 20 rows.
`To make VisiCalc more powerful Bricklin hired Bob Frankston, who is also known as the co-
`creator of VisiCalc. Frankston made the program fast and with better arithmetic. VisiCalc was
`an instant success and the duo were able to sell around 1 million copies of the program.
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`Note: You can still download an original copy of Visicalc from Dan Bricklin’s website:
`http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm  [size: 27 K]
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`What followed VisiCalc?
`After the phenomenal success of VisiCalc, a team headed by Mitch Kapor in 1983, developed a
`new spreadsheet program called Lotus 1-2-3. Mitch and his team power packed Lotus 1-2-3
`with charting, graphing and rudimentary database capabilities along with the basic
`arithmetic. This made Lotus 1-2-3 a new favourite in the industry.
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`Although, before this in 1982 Microsoft had already launched Muliplan but it was outshined by
`Lotus 1-2-3. And this thing provoked Microsoft to come up with Microsoft Excel and rest is
`history.
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`Excel l.O was one of the first
`spreadsheet programs to use a
`graph ical interface wit h p ull down
`menus a nd a point a nd click
`capability using a mouse pointi ng
`device. The first version was on ly
`released for Macintosh.
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`1987
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`MfCROSOFT EXCEL
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`1990
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`Excel 2.0 was the first Windows version of
`Excel and was labelled "2" to correspond
`to the Mac version. This a lso includ ed a
`run-time versio n of Win dows.
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`Excel 3 .0 included toolbars,
`drawing capa b ilities? outlining, add-in
`su pport? 3D charts, and many m o re
`new features.
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`1992
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`1993
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`Excel 4.0 was the first p op ular version
`of Excel. It had better mouse implementation,
`more shortcuts, customizable toolbars and
`introduction of fill hand le.
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`Excel 5 .0 was a major u pgrade
`whic h included , u lti-sheet
`workbooks and support for VBA.
`This was a major break t hrough
`as now users could record macros
`to automate repetitive tasks.
`Note: There ts no Excel 5. Thts m s done
`to make sure that aft the MK::rosoft Office
`appk ations would have the same version
`number.
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`1997
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`1995
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`Excel 7 .0 is a lso known as Excel 95.
`It was the first major 32-bit versio n o f
`Excel. Almost no external changes, but
`it was faste•· and mor e stable .
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`Excel 8 .0 is a lso called Excel 97.
`1999
`It introduced the paper clip office
`assistant, validations a n d a 1--------4·~-·
`new interface for VBA developers.
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`Iii "&el.~.~
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`Excel 9 .0 is popu la rly known as Excel 2000.
`Improved t he Clipboard to hold multip le
`object s at a time. It a lso int roduced t he
`featu re of Excel Self-repair.
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`2001
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`Excel lO.O was a part of Office XP.
`It had some useful feat ures like
`Backgrou nd formula-aud iting
`2003
`whic h identifies potential errors in
`t he formulas and capa::>ility to recover . . ------""·~-·
`spreadsh eets w h enever excel crashes.
`[! ~ MltfOsOhOffice
`u O. Excel2003
`Excel ll.O or Excel 2003 a nd was a part Office
`2003. It included t he features like: imp roved
`su pport for XM L, a new "list range" teat ure
`and t he Smart Tag e n hancements.
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`2007
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`0
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`5.0ffice Excel.2007
`Excel 2007 introduced the .xlsx format
`and .xlsm fo rmat for workbooks with
`macros. The major cha nge was the
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`2010
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