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Microsoft Excel unit general manager Lewis Levin.


MICROSOFT Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.

Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14.
 unit general manager Lewis Levin on Borland's $49 Quattro Pro A Windows spreadsheet from Corel that provides advanced graphics and presentation capabilities, including goal seeking, 3D graphing and the ability to create multi-layered slide shows. It is optionally keystroke compatible with Lotus 1-2-3.  promotion: "At best, they'll be able to cause a blip. There are [always] people who will be tire kickers kickers

See bells and whistles.
." (Quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 8/25/93)
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Title Annotation:Industry Quotes; commenting on competitor Borland International Inc.'s $49 promotion offer for its Quattro Pro spreadsheet
Publication:Soft-Letter
Date:Dec 24, 1993
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