Microsoft® Office 365 For Dummies®

Chapter 12

Plunging into the Excel Web App

In This Chapter

Discovering how the Excel Web App differs from Excel

Understanding some of the basic features of the Excel Web App

Developing your understanding of Excel Web App functions and data manipulations

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The Excel Web App is a new version of Excel that is part of the Office 365 offering. This new version of Excel runs as a web application in your web browser. Working with Excel as a web application has a number of benefits, including the simple fact that you don’t need to have the full version of Excel installed on the computer you are using to edit your document. All you need is a web browser and access to your SharePoint site. You might be on a cruise or using a computer in a café or working from a shared computer at your organization. You can still work with your spreadsheets without having to have Excel installed on the computer you are ...