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Were did the name excel come from?
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With a capital "E", Microsoft g
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"Dave Brownewell" wrote: Why was the name "Excel" chosen for the products name? |
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"Dave Brownewell" Dave wrote in message ... I don't know who came up with the name Excel but I distinctly remember that I have read that MS had come up with many names for their version of the spreadsheet. One of them was "Mr Speadsheet". It's the same with Widows. The original name was "Interface Manager" but then someone from the marketing dept came up with the idea of using the generic name "Windows" Here's an intersting article aboutthe history of Excel http://dssresources.com/history/sshistory.html BTW. History is a reseved word. You can't name a worksheet History /fredrik |
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That's a different question than what was asked in the subject line...
Bill "Dave Brownewell" Dave wrote in message ... "Dave Brownewell" wrote: Why was the name "Excel" chosen for the products name? |
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According to 'A history of the personal computer: the people and the
technology', by Roy Allan, the name was submitted by a Microsoft branch manager. http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200...er/eBook12.pdf (see middle of page 21) Dave Brownewell wrote: -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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