About Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in 1993, and it has replaced Lotus 1-2-3 as the industry standard for spreadsheets.
Your efficiency in Excel will improve a lot by learning Visual Basics for Applications, especially by creating macros to help you complete time-consuming tasks.
Read more at Visual Basic for Applications and VBA Excel.
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How to download and install Excel
Follow the instructions by NTNU Software.
Getting started with Excel
- NTNU has made a "Getting started guide" (only in norwegian)
- Microsoft has its own Excel training centre in both English and Norwegian.