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