4. FIRST COMPUTERIZED SPREADSHEET - DEVELOPED BY DAN BRICKLIN
AND BOB FRANKSTON FOR THE APPLE II COMPUTER
MARKETED AS VISICALC
IN 1982 LOTUS DEVELOPMENT RELEASED 123 FOR DOS.
SETUP AS THE FIRST BUSINESS TOOL
IN 1982 MICROSOFT ORIGINALLY MARKETED A SPREADSHEET PROGRAM
CALLED MULTIPLAN.
THE FIRST VERSION OF EXCEL WAS RELEASED FOR THE MAC IN 1985
AND THE FIRST WINDOWS VERSION WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1987.
UPGRADES -TOOL BARS, OUTLINING, DRAWING, 3-D CHARTS,
NUMEROUS SHORTCUTS, AND MORE AUTOMATED FEATURES
EARLY SPREADSHEETS ::
5. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 2.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
FIRST VERSION FOR WINDOWS
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE 1987.
BASIC FUNCTIONS
VERY LIMITED ROWS AND COLUMNS
BECAME POPULAR AS LAUNCHED
EFFICIENT
NO CLIPBOARD AVAILABLE
EXCEL DISPUTE LEADING TO THE
NAME MICROSOFT EXCEL.
6. SALIENT FEATURES :
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE
1990
ADDITION OF TOOLBARS
SOME FUNCTIONS WERE
ADDED TO MAKE IT MORE
EFFECIENT
INCREASED EFFECIENCY
CHANGES IN RELATION TO
FONT AND PRESENTATION
NUMBER OF ROWS AND
COLUMNS WERE INCREASED
MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 3.0
7. SALIENT FEATURES :
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE 1992
AGAIN NEGLIGIBLE CHANGES
CHANGES ON PRESENTATION AND FONTS
EFFICIENT THEN PREVIOUS VERSION
MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 4.0
IMPORTANT CHANGE ::
THE NEW FEATURE OF
AUTOFILL WAS
INTRODUCED
THIS MADE
PRESENTATION MORE
EFFECTIVE
8. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 5.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
INCLUDED IN MS OFFICE 1993
INCLUSION OF VIRTUAL BASIC (VB)
INCLUSION OF EASTER EGGS
SOME DRAWBACKS ::
The automation functionality
provided by VBA made Excel a
target for MICRO VIRUSES
NO AVAILIBILITY OF CLIPBOARD
9. TASKS PERFORMED ::
Working in workbooks
Selecting cells
choosing commands
Using toolbars
Entering data
Creating formulas and links
Editing a worksheet
Formatting a worksheet
Creating graphic objects
Printing
Creating a chart
Formatting a chart
Using Charts to analyze data
Organizing data in a list
Using pivot tables
performing what-if analysis
Sharing and importing data
Using visual basic
10. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 7.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
INCLUDED IN MS OFFICE 1995
INTERNAL REWRITE TO 32 BITS
IT ALSO USES VIRTUAL BASICS
FAST AND STABLE
16384 ROWS SUPPORTED
TASKS PERFORMED ::
SIMILAR AS TO EXCEL
VERSION 5.0
BUT AT A COMPARATIVELY
FASTEER SPEED .
11. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 8.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
INCLUDED IN MS OFFICE
1997
UNDO UPTO LAST 16
ACTIONS
SUPPORTS THE SCROLL
WHEEL TO PAGE
MOVEMENTS
CAPACITY OF 32000
CHARACTERS IN ONE
CELL
65536 ROWS ALLOWED
VIRUS CHECKING
SOME DRAWBACKS ::
NO AVAILIBILITY OF
CLIPBOARD
12. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 9.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE 2000
MINOR UPDATED WERE ADDED
THE CAPACITY OF CLIPBOARD WAS ENHANCED TO HOLD MULTIPLE
OBJECTS
MORE EFFICIENT THEN ITS PREVIOUS VERSION
WORKING GOT MUCH FASTER
13. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 10.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE XP
LAUNCHED IN 2002
VERY MINOR CHANGES
RELATING TO FONT STYLES
14. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 11.0
SALIENT FEATURES :
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE
2003
NEW TABLES INTRODUCED
MINOR CHANGES RELATING
PRESENTATION
15. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 12.0
INCLUDED IN MS OFFICE 2007
MAJOR UPDATE IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS VERSION
USE OF RIBBON MENU SYSTEM
ADDITION OF SMART ART I.E BUSINESS DIAGRAMS
OFFICE OPEN XML FILES WERE INTRODUCED INCLUDING .XLSM
THE NUMBER OF ROWS WAS NOW 1,048,576 (220) AND COLUMNS WAS
16,384 (214; THE FAR-RIGHT COLUMN IS XFD).
EXTENSIVE USE OF MULTIPLE CORES FOR THE CALCULATION OF
SPREADSHEETS
16. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 14.0
SALIENT FEATURES
INTRODUCED IN MS OFFICE 2010
MULTI-THREADING RECALCULATION
(MTR) FOR COMMONLY USED
FUNCTIONS
64 BIT SUPPORT
IMPROVED PIVOT TABLES
MORE CONDITIONAL FORMATTING
OPTION
ADDITIONAL IMAGE EDITING
CAPABILITIES
IN-CELL CHARTS CALLED SPARKLINES
ABILITY TO PREVIEW BEFORE PASTING
OFFICE 2010 BACKSTAGE FEATURE FOR
DOCUMENT-RELATED TASK
ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE THE RIBBON
MANY NEW FORMULAS, MOST HIGHLY
SPECIALIZED TO IMPROVE ACCURACY[
17. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL VERSION 15
SALIENT FEATURES
INCLUDED IN MS OFFICE
2013
A LOT OF NEW TOOLS
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN
THIS RELEASE:
IMPROVED MULTI-
THREADING AND MEMORY
CONTENTION
FLASHFILL
POWERVIEW
POWERPIVOT
TIMELINE SLICER
WINDOWS APP
INQUIRE
50 NEW FUNCTIONS
20. 1. Financial
2. Date & Time
3. Maths & Trignometrical
4. Statistical
5. Lookup & Reference
6. Database
7. Text
8. Logical
9. Information
10.Engineering
11.Cube
12.Compatibility
21. PMT: Calculate payment for loan ,based on constant
payment and constant interest rates.
PPMT: Returns the payment on the principal for a
given period for an investment based on periodic
,constant payment and constant interest rates.
IPMT: Returns the interest payment for a given period
base on periodic ,constant payment and a constant
interest rate.
NPMT: It is used to find number of periods for an
investment based on periodic ,constant payment and
interest rate.
Financial function
22. RATE: It is used to find interest rate for an
investment based on periodic ,constant payments.
PV: Used for finding present value of investment.
FV: Used for finding future value of investment.
IRR: Used to find internal rate of return on
investment.
NPV: Calculate net present value of investment. If
NPV is positive that is favorable but negative is not
favorable.
23. Date: It display a given date in American Format
Day: It gives day of the month for the given serial number
or date-text.
Month: It gives month of the year for the given serial
number or date-text.
Year: It gives year for the given date-text.
Weekday: It gives day of the week for the given date-text.
day360: It gives no. of days between two given
dates.(assumption 360 days in year.)
Time: It gives time in hh.mm am/pm form for given time.
Today: It gives current date in American format.
Now: It gives current date as well as current time.
Date & time
24. ABS: Used to find absolute value of given number.
SQRT: Used to find square root of a given number.
MOD: Used to find remainder of the divison.
INT: Used to round off a given number to a lower
integer.
ROUNDDOWN: Rounds a number down towards zero.
ROUNDUP: Rounds a number up,away from zero.
Maths function
25. FLOOR: Rounds number down, towards zero ,towards nearest multiple of
second number.
CEILING: Rounds a number up ,away from zero, to the nearest multiple of
second number.
SUM: Adds all number in a range of cells. If there is a text entry in the
range then it will be ignored but if text is given as an argument then it will
give an error.
SUMIF: Add all number in a range of cells for which given condition is
true.If sum range is given then values from sum range are added
otherwise values from range (first range) are added where the given
conditions are true.
26. *Max: It is used to find highest number between given
range of data.
*Min: It is used to find smallest number between given
range of data.
*Average: It is used to find average of given numbers
*Count: Counts the number of cells that contains
numbers.
*Count if: It will count number of cells that are
satisfying a given condition.
Statistical function
27. *VLOOKUP: It stands for vertical look up.It is
used to search a value in the leftmost column of
the given range.
*HLOOKUP: It stands for horizontal look up.It
is used to search a value in the first row range.
*LOOKUP: It is used to search value in the
given range .it will search for an approx match
i.e if exact match is not found ;the next largest
value that is less than search value is returned.
Database(lookup) functions
28. Left: used to find characters from left side of string.
Right: used to find characters from right side of string.
Mid: used to find characters from middle of the string.
Upper: used to convert lowercase alphabets into upper case
Lower: used to convert uppercase alphabets into lowercase.
Proper: used to capitalise the first alphabet in a text string &
any other alphabet in a text that follows any non alphabetical
characters.
Len: used to find length of the string.
Trim: used to remove all blank spaces except single blank spaces
between the word.
TEXT FUNCTIONS
29. *IF: It is used to check the condition. If condition is true
then true part of IF is solved otherwise false part of IF
is solved.
*AND: Used to combine two or more condition. If all the
conditions are true then it will return true otherwise
false.
*OR: Used to combine two or more functions. If any
condition is true then it will return true otherwise
false.
Logical functions
30. *
Below is a listing of all the major
shortcut keys in Microsoft Excel.
See the computer shortcut page
if you are looking for other
shortcut keys used in other
programs.
Microsoft Excel shortcut keys
31. Shortcut Keys Description
F2 Edit the selected cell.
F3 After a name has been created F3 will paste
names.
F4 Repeat last action. For example, if you
changed the color of text in another cell
pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the
same color.
32. F5 Go to a specific cell. For example,
C6.
F7 Spell check selected text or
document.
F11 Create chart from selected data.
Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time.
33. Ctrl + ; Enter the current date.
Alt + Shift + F1 Insert New Worksheet
Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window.
Shift + F5 Bring up search box.
34. Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl + K Insert link
Ctrl + 1 Change the format of selected cells.
Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection.
35. Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing.
Ctrl + F3 Open Excel Name Manager.
Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window.
Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window.