# What do YOU think Excel is for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-excel-is-for/942092 "2021-05-14T17:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-excel-is-for/942092/31 "2021-05-14T20:15:10Z")
**Modnote** : To a bunch of us, including myself. Any more talk of vulnerabilities and cost and cloud vs. on own machine should be moved off to its own thread if interested. We have a sidetrack going on here that is a distraction from the actual thread. Further as per the Op, he does mean all spreadsheets. So we have that covered too. Talk about what spreadsheets are used for not debate the merits of different spreadsheet and maintenance. **Will reopen in 5 minutes.** --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-excel-is-for/942092)._