Want to feel old? Excel just entered its 40th year

The Register ^ | 22 October 2024 | Liam Proven

[IndyTiger]

I remember using VisiCalc on an Apple III in the early ‘80s.

[minnesota_bound]

I could barely fill out my time sheet at work which used Excel with some formula to add up the hours. Below is the only thing I know and I had to write it down...

Excel Tip:
To make the columns in a table automatically fit the contents, Autofit columns
Click where the row and column headers meet in upper left. This will select the entire sheet.

Then double-click any one of the column partition lines. Double click on the dividing line.
It is as quick as you can get.

Another way:
1. Select The Full Spreadsheet as above.
2. Select Format button
3. Autofit Column width

I get this guys email newsletter. Here is his Youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@trumpexcel/videos

TrumpExcel - Excel Tips by Sumit Bansal
https://trumpexcel.com

[markman46]

I still have a copy of Smartsuite for OS/2 around here someplace. and had a copy of multiplan for DOS too

[umbagi]

And two-hour waits to run your deck…

[MayflowerMadam]

I’m in the Lotus camp.
And Paradox for databases.

[mewzilla]

I dumped mine once.

My meltdown wasn’t pretty.

[martin_fierro]

LibreOffice’s Calc is great as part of a free office suite, but I still find Excel to be easier to use and more robust. < |:(~

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

bump

[zeugma]

to this day, i do not think excel handles Y2K issues gracefully

[zeugma]

which used codes similar to ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) I did not know what ascii stood for, or if this is correct