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  1. In what year was Microsoft Excel first released for Windows?

    Answer: 1987

    Excel 2.0 for Windows was released in 1987. The first version of Excel (1.0) was actually released for the Macintosh in 1985.

  2. Which spreadsheet application was Excel primarily designed to compete against?

    Answer: Lotus 1-2-3

    Lotus 1-2-3 dominated the spreadsheet market in the 1980s, and Microsoft developed Excel specifically to surpass it in features and usability.

  3. What hidden Easter egg game could be found in Excel 97?

    Answer: A flight simulator

    Excel 97 contained a hidden flight simulator Easter egg that could be accessed through a specific sequence of steps involving the chart wizard and a particular cell reference.

  4. What is the name of the programming language built into Excel for creating macros?

    Answer: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

    Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) has been Excel's built-in programming language since Excel 5.0 (1993), allowing users to automate tasks and create custom functions.

  5. What was the original name Microsoft considered for Excel before its official release?

    Answer: Odyssey

    During development, Excel was code-named Odyssey. Microsoft eventually chose the name Excel, though they had to settle a trademark dispute with another company that already had a product called Excel.

  6. How many columns are in an Excel worksheet from Excel 2007 onward?

    Answer: 16,384

    Excel 2007 expanded the column count from 256 (IV) to 16,384 (XFD), which is 2^14 columns.