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Introducing Microsoft Excel

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Why Microsoft Excel?

1:09 with Michael Watson

Microsoft Excel is the most popular spreadsheet software for business. It's powerful toolset, and wide user base make it the best choice for business analysts.

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    There are many software options for creating and using spreadsheets. 0:04
    Google's Sheets is a highly functional free option with 0:09
    many features you'd find in commercial desktop applications. 0:12
    However if you plan on using spreadsheets in a business 0:17
    you almost certainly be using Microsoft Excel. 0:20
    It's the most popular spreadsheet software and used by many if not most, 0:23
    businesses to build spreadsheets and do data analysis and visualization. 0:27
    Excel is not only popular but it's also very powerful. 0:32
    It can hold more data than free options like Google Sheets. 0:37
    And includes many powerful functions that business and data analysts need. 0:40
    We'll be using Excel for the intermediate and 0:46
    advanced spreadsheet courses here at Treehouse. 0:47
    And I recommend that you purchase a copy of Excel if you don't already have one. 0:50
    Sometimes Excel comes pre-installed on new computers. 0:55
    So check to see if you already have a copy. 0:58
    In the next few videos in the workshop I'll take you through a quick of Excel for 1:01
    both Mac and Windows systems. 1:05
    Let's get started. 1:08

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