Microsoft Excel is an example of spreadsheet software. What does it do? An oversimplified answer might be: it permits arrangement of data in vertical columns and horzontal rows so that the user can engage it and interact with match functions. As I said, oversimplified explanation. I'm sure MS has user trial offers available for download so one could familiarize oneself.
Excel is the most common piece of spreadsheet software. However open office has it too as a free open source alternative.
A spreadsheet that you create and save with Excel is an example of a file.
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Example sentence - We had to create a spreadsheet in order to analyze the data.
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A formula. It can also be a function.
For example, a spreadsheet object can be brought into a word-processing document. Any time the spreadsheet object is updated in the original spreadsheet software, the object is automatically updated in the destination document.
No, that would be MS Excel.
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A spreadsheet and also of applications software.