(If you’re using the perpetual-license Excel 2016 or 2019, see our separate Excel 20 cheat sheet.) We’ll periodically update this story as new features roll out. This cheat sheet gets you up to speed on the features that have been introduced in Office 365’s Excel for Windows desktop client since 2015. For more details, see “ What are the differences between Microsoft Office 2019 and Office 365?” When you purchase a perpetual version of the suite - say, Office 2016 or Office 2019 - its applications will never get new features, whereas Office 365 apps are continually updated with new features. Microsoft sells Office under two models: Individuals and businesses can pay for the software license up front and own it forever (what the company calls the “perpetual” version of the suite), or they can purchase an Office 365 subscription, which means they have access to the software for only as long as they keep paying the subscription fee. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel.Įxcel is, of course, part of Microsoft’s Office suite of productivity tools. Microsoft Windows may get all the press coverage, but when you want to get real work done, you turn your attention to the applications that run on it.
