Microsoft Excel

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Microsoft Excel
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseNovember 19, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-11-19)
Stable release(s)
Microsoft 365 & Retail[a] (Windows)2410 (Build 18129.20158) / 12 November 2024; 10 days ago (2024-11-12)[1][2]
Microsoft 365 (Mac)16.91 (Build 24111020) / 12 November 2024; 10 days ago (2024-11-12)[3]
Office 2021 (LTSC)2108 (Build 14332.20812) / 12 November 2024; 10 days ago (2024-11-12)[2]
Office 2019 (LTSC)1808 (Build 10416.20007) / 12 November 2024; 10 days ago (2024-11-12)[4]
Written inC++ (back-end)[5]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseTrialware[6]
Websitemicrosoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel
Microsoft Excel for Mac
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseSeptember 30, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-09-30)
Stable release
16.70 (Build 23021201) / February 14, 2023; 21 months ago (2023-02-14)[7]
Written inC++ (back-end), Objective-C (API/UI)[5]
Operating systemmacOS
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websiteproducts.office.com/mac
Microsoft Excel for Android
Developer(s)Microsoft Corporation
Stable release
16.0.16501.20160 / May 26, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-05-26)[8]
Operating systemAndroid Pie or later
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websiteproducts.office.com/en-us/excel
Microsoft Excel for iOS and iPadOS
Developer(s)Microsoft Corporation
Stable release
2.73 / May 15, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-05-15)[9]
Operating systemiOS 15 or later
iPadOS 15 or later
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websiteproducts.office.com/en-us/excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Excel forms part of the Microsoft 365 suite of software.


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