Excel

Excel 1985

Sep 30, 1985

First version of Excel.

Excel 1987

Nov 19, 1987

Excel 2.0.

Excel 1990

Jan 1, 1990

Excel 3.0

Excel 1992

Jan 1, 1992

Excel 4.0

Excel 1993

Jan 1, 1993

Version 5.0
This was the first version of Excel to support Visual Basic for Applications. (VBA)

Excel 1995

Jan 1, 1995

v7.0
Version 7
Extension: .xls

Excel 97

Jan 1, 1997

v8.0
Version 8

Excel 1999

Jan 1, 1999

Excel 9.0 is popularly known as Excel 2000.

Excel 2001

Jan 1, 2001

Excel 10.0 was part of office XP.

Excel 2003

Jan 1, 2003

Excel 11.0
Improved support for XML

Excel 2007

Jan 1, 2007

Introduced the .xlsx format and .xlsm for workbooks with macros. The major change was the introduction of the Ribbon.

Excel 2010

Jan 1, 2010

Excel 14.0

Excel 2013

Jan 1, 2013

Excel 15.0

Excel 2016

Jan 1, 2016

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