Why was Microsoft Excel developed?

Answer 1

Excel is an electronic spreadsheet program that can be used for storing, organizing and manipulating numbers and data. It's an amazingly flexible program to find answers to logic based questions. It is a program that can compile lots of data into graphs and tables.

Answer 2

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program. It primarily deals with calculations and numbers.

Excel allows you to create spreadsheets, which are intended to perform the same function as the pages of an accountant's books. However it can perform many other calculations that Accountants never need but that map easily onto the same computational model.

Answer 3

It was created so that Microsoft would have their own electronic spreadsheet program. The first electronic spreadsheet program was VisiCalc, invented in 1978. It became very popular and helped sell many computers, just so people could use it. Other spreadsheet applications followed. Lotus 123 became the leading one. In 1985 Microsoft launched Excel, initially on a Mac and then on a PC in 1987. Excel soon overtook Lotus 123 to become the most popular spreadsheet application, a position it still holds.

Answer 4

Microsoft wanted to have their version of a spreadsheet like those that other companies already had at that time. VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet, launched in 1979. Lotus 123 soon took over as the market leader. With spreadsheets there was a major increase in people by computers as spreadsheets were so popular, so Microsoft wanted to have a spreadsheet application. Microsoft did not launch Excel until 1985 and it took a few years to establish itself as the market leader.

Answer 5

In 1979 the first ever electronic spreadsheet was launched. It was called VisiCalc. It became a huge seller and other software companies launched their spreadsheet programs. Lotus 123 became the most popular. Microsoft wanted to have a good one and in 1985 they launched Microsoft Excel. It soon overtook Lotus 123 and has since been the most popular electronic spreadsheet.

Answer 6

The first spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, was invented in 1978. It was invented to computerise the paper-based spreadsheet. VisiCalc was a very popular application and other spreadsheet programs followed. Microsoft introduced Excel to enter the market of spreadsheet programs in 1985. Excel became and still is the leading spreadsheet program.

Answer 7

To make it easier for people to make charts, graphs and organize data.

Answer 8

To allow Microsoft to sell another product that increased business productivity.