Microsoft Excel 2.0
Excel, from Microsoft, is a powerful spreadsheet application for Mac, Windows, and OS/2. Excel was first released for the Mac. When it was ported to Windows 2.x, they started at version "2.0" to one up current Mac version. There was never a DOS version. Instead, DOS and 8-bit platforms used the older Microsoft Multiplan. Excel was later bundled as part of Microsoft Office
Based on concepts from the granddaddy of all spreadsheets, VisiCalc, some of the spreadsheets it competed against and ultimately conquered include: Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro, The Twin, VP-Planner, Ashton Tate Full Impact, Boeing Calc, Surpass Software System's Surpass Spreadsheet, SuperCalc, PlanPerfect and the German StarCalc (Today part of LibreOffice ).
Also see WinWorld's complete list of preserved spreadsheet products
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Release notes
Excel 2.0 is the very first version of Excel for the PC. Version 1.x was only available for the Mac. Excel 2.x for Windows runs under Microsoft Windows 2 or a Windows 2 runtime. Excel 2.0 for Windows was released on both 3.5" 720k and 5.25" 1.2mb floppy disk images.
Information
- Product type
- Application Spreadsheet
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Release date
- Thu Oct 29 1987
- Minimum CPU
- 8088
- Minimum RAM
- 640KB
- Minimum free disk space
- 4MB
- User interface
- GUI
- Platform
- Windows
- Download count
- 51 (3 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft Excel 2.0 for Windows (3.5-720k) (5.25-1.2mb) |
2.0 for Windows | English |
|
6.59MB | 3 |
 Microsoft Excel 2.0 for Windows (5.25-360k) |
2.0 for Windows | English |
|
3.1MB | 0 |
 Microsoft Excel 2.0 for Windows Manuals |
2.0 for Windows | English |
|
285.37MB | 0 |
|
Microsoft Excel 2.01 for Windows (5.25-1.2mb) |
2.01 for Windows | English |
|
2.93MB | 0 |