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Excel In the Classroom

What No One Tells You

1. Excel can easily make your spreadsheets into web pages. In fact, many university students use this feature of Excel to share projects with other students.
2. Excel macro applications (a series of commands grouped together to automate a complex series of tasks) are virus prone. We often use macro commands when using advanced uses of Excel. In fact, Virus Alert attributes 17% of all viruses worldwide to be contracted by Microsoft Word and Excel macros.
3. Microsoft has made available a free Excel viewer that allows you to to view, copy, zoom, and print Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 2000 files. You can find download an area by visiting www.microsoft.com and type "Excel Viewer" into their search engine.
4. Most schools purchase lesser-known spreadsheet software for their staff and students due to cost. If you look into it, Microsoft actually gives academic institutions, that buy multiple copies of Excel, a reduced price. When buying 25 or more copies, Excel could actually cost your organization the same, if not less, than other spreadsheet packages.

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