Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet program that needs no introduction, being one of the most popular application in its category. Included in the Microsoft Office suite, it facilitates data organizing and can run thorough analysis and complex calculations.

Documents in Excel have a table-like structure, with numbered rows and columns to help you easily identify a cell's position in the spreadsheet and manipulate data easier. Cells can contain all sorts of data, from numbers, currency, and percentages to date and time entries, zip codes, phone or social security numbers.

Depending on your data set and what you want to illustrate, you can generate a variety of chart types (column, line, pie, bar, area, scatter, stock, surface, histogram, combo, and more). The spreadsheet can include pictures, shapes, SmartArt figures, and even screenshots you take on-the-spot using the built-in capturing tool.

Excel's highlight is the array of formulas it can use to manipulate data. It uses functions to perform simple to complex calculations, from a trivial sum to financial, mathematical and statistical operations, or even engineering and web-related tasks.

Designed for complicated data sets and spreadsheet collections as much as it is for simple calculations, it bundles tracing options for precedents and dependents, which work together with other formula auditing tools to help you create a fully-working workbook.

Data set querying is also possible, and the array of compatible sources is not to be neglected. It includes locally-stored files, some of the most popular database servers, Microsoft Azure, or online sources, Sharepoint, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Facebook, and Salesforce.

Excel can perform what-if analysis, testing different scenarios and generating forecast worksheets.

Whether you have to perform simple calculations or track your expenses at home, or go bigger and analyze large data sets to determine trends, Excel is a good choice.

Aiming to improve your experience, Excel can learn from your activity, auto-completing certain cells and making your job easier. Moreover, it can help you create a summary of your data, which will only guide you towards the best choice when it comes to making a decision.