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Microsoft Multiplan (1982)
Before Microsoft Excel existed, there was Microsoft Multiplan. Multiplan was created to compete against Visicalc and Lotus 1-2-3, which were the popular spreadsheet apps at the time. Although it was released for a variety of computing platforms, such as the Apple II, CP/M, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Xenix, Commodore 64, TI-99/4A, and TRS-80, it never reached critical mass in the market.
Microsoft Multiplan Splash Screen (1982)
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Microsoft Multiplan Spreadsheet (1982)
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In Microsoft Excel, you can rotate text, angle it, or display it vertically. Here’s how to change the orientation of the text in your sheet. In the screenshot below, we angled our column.
Microsoft Excel 1 for Mac (1985)
Keyboard for Excel. Keyboard for Excel: Faster and more efficient data entry. For people who regularly use Excel to enter numbers and create lists, Keyboard for Excel is an app that increases speed and efficiency by improving the on-screen Android keyboard experience. This cycle of Garage releases includes the third version of the app and it. Click Screenshot. A drop down menu will appear with the option to take a screenshot of a window open on your desktop, or take a screen clipping of only a portion of your screen. Select the option that suits your need. The screenshot or screen clipping will insert straight into your Excel spreadsheet. Program license Paid. Works under: Windows 8.1. Program available in English. Program by Microsoft. FilePlanet Review. Microsoft Excel 2013 is an updated version of Excel from earlier versions of Microsoft Office, and it provides powerful spreadsheet utility and database processing tools. This Microsoft Excel 2016 tutorial shows you how to insert screenshots into an MS Office 365 workbook. This tutorial shows you how to add a screenshot to you.
Excel was released for the Mac first, before it was available on MS-DOS or Windows. In fact, there never was a version of Excel for MS-DOS.
Microsoft Excel 1.5 for Mac Splash Screen (1985)
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Microsoft Excel 1.5 for Mac (1985)
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Microsoft Excel 1.5 for Mac (1985)
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Microsoft Excel 2.0 for Windows (1987)
Microsoft Excel 2.0 for Windows Splash Screen (1987)
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Microsoft Excel 2.0 About Dialog (1987)
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Microsoft Excel 2.0 Multiple Sheets (1987)
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Microsoft Excel 2.0 Charts and Graphs (1987)
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Microsoft Excel 3.0 for Windows (1990)
Microsoft Excel 3.0 Splash Screen (1990)
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Microsoft Excel 3.0 Multiple Sheets (1990)
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Microsoft Excel 3.0 Charts and Graphs (1990)
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Microsoft Excel 4.0 for Windows (1992)
Microsoft Excel 4.0 Splash Screen (1992)
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Microsoft Excel 4.0 About Dialog (1992)
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Microsoft Excel 4.0 Spreadsheet (1992)
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Microsoft Excel 4.0 Charts and Graphs (1992)
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Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Windows (1993)
Microsoft Excel 5.0 Splash Screen (1993)
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Microsoft Excel 5.0 Charts and Graphs (1993)
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Microsoft Excel 5.0 Visual Basic (VBA) Editor (1993)
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Excel 95 (1995)
Excel 95 Splash Screen (1995)
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Excel 95 Charts and Graphs (1995)
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Excel 97 with Clippy (1997)
Excel 97 Splash Screen (1997)
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Excel 97 About Dialog (1997)
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Excel 97 Spreadsheet with Clippy (1997)
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Excel 97 Charts and Graphs (1997)
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Excel 2000 (2000)
Excel 2000 Splash Screen (2000)
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Excel 2000 Empty Sheet (2000)
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Excel 2000 Charts and Graphs (2000)
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Excel 2000 Page Setup Dialog (2000)
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Excel 2000 for Mac (2000)
Excel 2000 for Mac Splash Screen (2000)
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Excel 2000 for Mac Empty Sheet (2000)
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Microsoft Excel Screenshot
Excel XP/Excel 2002 (2001)
Excel XP/Excel 2002 Splash Screen (2001)
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Excel XP/Excel 2002 Spreadsheet (2001)
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Excel XP/Excel 2002 Spreadsheet (2001)
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Excel 2003 (2003)
Excel 2003 Splash Page (2003)
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Excel 2003 About Dialog (2003)
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Excel 2003 Empty Spreadsheet (2003)
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Excel 2003 Conditional Formatting (2003)
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Excel 2003 Gantt Chart (2003)
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Excel 2004 for Mac (2004)
Excel 2004 for Mac Splash Page (2004)
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Excel 2004 for Mac Charts and Graphs (2004)
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Excel 2007 - Ribbon Interface (2007)
Excel 2007 Splash Page (2007)
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Excel 2007 Empty Sheet (2007)
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Excel 2007 Charts and Graphs (2007)
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Excel 2007 Charts and Graphs (2007)
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Excel 2008 for Mac (2008)
Excel 2008 for Mac Spreadsheet (2008)
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Excel 2008 for Mac Charts and Graphs (2008)
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Excel 2010 (2010)
Excel 2010 Splash Page (2010)
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Excel 2010 Empty Sheet (2010)
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Excel 2010 Charts and Graphs (2010)
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Excel 2010 Power Pivot (2010)
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Excel 2011 for Mac (2011)
Excel 2011 for Mac Empty Spreadsheet (2011)
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Excel 2011 for Mac Charts and Graphs (2011)
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Excel 2013 (2013)
Excel 2013 Recent Documents (2013)
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Excel 2013 Pivot Table KPIs (2015)
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Excel 2016 (2016)
Excel 2016 Splash Screen (2016)
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Excel 2016 Recent Documents (2016)
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Excel 2016 Empty Sheet (2016)
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Excel 2016 for Mac Pivot Table (2016)
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Office 365 Excel (2019)
Office 365 Excel Recent Documents (2019)
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Office 365 Excel Spreadsheet (2019)
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Office 365 Excel Gantt Chart (2019)
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Microsoft Excel Screenshot Tool
Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.
Symptoms
After saving a document, spreadsheet, or presentation which contains an image, a loss of image quality such as blur may occur.
Cause
This issue occurs because PowerPoint, Excel, and Word perform a basic compression of images on save.
Resolution
It is not possible to recover pictures that have already been compressed.For future saves, compression can be disabled on a per-file basis using the following steps:
Click the Office Button, and then click Save As.
Click Tools, and then click Compress Pictures.
Click Options.
Click to clear the Automatically perform basic compression on save check box.
Click OK.
In the Compress Pictures dialog box, click Cancel.
Note: Clicking OK on this dialog will not prevent the issue from occurring.
You can also modify the following registry setting to prevent basic compression from occurring by default.
Important
This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, see How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.
Warning
Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
Quit all applications.
Start the registry editor. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Browse to the following registry key:
for PowerPoint:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice12.0PowerPointOptions
for Word:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice12.0WordOptions
for Excel:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice12.0ExcelOptions
Create a new DWORD value named AutomaticPictureCompressionDefault.
Make sure the value for the registry key is set to 0.
Close the registry editor.