Excel

Excel is Microsoft's spreadsheet and data analysis program. It is usually supplied as part of the Microsoft Office package and today sits within Microsoft 365.

What Excel offers

• Spreadsheets — organise figures and text in rows and columns.
• Data analysis — analyse numbers with formulas and summaries.
• Office bundling — normally included with the wider Microsoft Office suite.
• Cloud storage — files can be kept in OneDrive and reached from any device.

Who it works with

It is used by individuals, schools and businesses of all sizes for budgets, records and reporting, and it sits next to other Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams and OneNote.

Key facts

• Maker: Microsoft
• Category: Spreadsheet software
• Part of: Microsoft 365 and Office