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Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet program that's part of Microsoft Office. I was an outsource support tech for Excel for two years, ending in mid-2003 when Microsoft moved all their tech support offshore. These pages are by no means intended to be the last word about Excel, just some pointers on things Excel users seem to need help with a lot. The discussion here assumes basic familiarity with Excel and Windows.
To determine which Excel version you have, in Excel click on Help, About Microsoft Excel. All Windows programs should have similar options under Help, About.
| number | name | module name | release date | end of support | remarks |
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| Office 8 | Office 97 | Word 97 | Dec 1996 | Feb 2002 | |
| Office 9 | Office 2000 | Word 2000 | Jan 1999 | Jul 2009 | Many new features |
| Office 10 | Office XP | Word 2002 | May 2001 | Jul 2011 | Smart Tags, recovery tools, task pane |
| Office 11 | Office 2003 | Word 2003 | Nov 2003 | Jan 2014 | SDI-like interface |
| Office 12 | Office 2007 | Word 2007 | Jan 2007 | Jan 2017? | XML formats, new Fluent/Ribbon interface¹ |
| Office 14² | ? | ? | 2009? | 2019? |
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