Hello, Microsoft Excel!

At the beginning of the digital age computers were expensive. Word processing was not a compelling reason to get a computer: typewriters cost less and did just as much. People didn't buy the first computers for graphics or photography or music.

 

The "killer ap" that everybody needed was SPREADSHEETS.

 

Spreadsheets offered a way to calculate rows and columns of data. Say, “Hello” to Microsoft Excel 2010.

 

Meet Microsoft Excel

Look at the label in BOLD above the picture of the Start menu on this page. This label is a method for writing out the path that your mouse travels. You will see this map at the top of every picture in our course.

 

Try it: Start Microsoft Excel

Go to Start

Click on All Programs

Go to Microsoft Office

Click on Microsoft Excel 2010.