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0 pointsjacquesm10y ago0 comments

I'll grant you excel.

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Donch10y ago

*sheet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViewSheet

jacquesmOP10y ago

Yes, sheet was pretty good. (As was word!), but Excel really had the edge there, even when it first came out.

It's the one product by MS that stood out as being best-in-class straight from day one.

pjc5010y ago

.. by being a careful GUI clone of the existing successful product, Lotus 1-2-3. Right down to being largely formula-compatible and having the same hotkeys. That's why F2 is "edit current cell".

agumonkey10y ago

Excel was so nice I wrote my documents in it. I wonder how much of Microsoft was built on its fame.

batou10y ago

It was ok until I lost the function key strip :)

jacquesmOP10y ago

http://rayharper.co.uk/acorn/bbc_images/fn_key_strips.pdf

batou10y ago

Thanks - about 25 years too late. Plus I didn't have the Internet then! :)

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Donch10y ago

*sheet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViewSheet

jacquesmOP10y ago

Yes, sheet was pretty good. (As was word!), but Excel really had the edge there, even when it first came out.

It's the one product by MS that stood out as being best-in-class straight from day one.

pjc5010y ago

.. by being a careful GUI clone of the existing successful product, Lotus 1-2-3. Right down to being largely formula-compatible and having the same hotkeys. That's why F2 is "edit current cell".

agumonkey10y ago

Excel was so nice I wrote my documents in it. I wonder how much of Microsoft was built on its fame.

batou10y ago

It was ok until I lost the function key strip :)

jacquesmOP10y ago

http://rayharper.co.uk/acorn/bbc_images/fn_key_strips.pdf

batou10y ago

Thanks - about 25 years too late. Plus I didn't have the Internet then! :)

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