Editing Microsoft Excel (section)

== Microsoft Excel Viewer == <!-- Anchor from redirect; caution. -->
Microsoft Excel Viewer was a freeware program for [[Microsoft Windows]] for viewing and printing spreadsheet documents created by Excel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Description of the Excel Viewer|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273711|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906014511/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273711|archive-date=September 6, 2013|date=February 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Microsoft retired the viewer in April 2018 with the last security update released in February 2019 for Excel Viewer 2007 (SP3).<ref name="ExcelviewerEOL">{{cite web|title=How to obtain the latest Excel Viewer|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/excel/get-latest-excel-viewer|website=Microsoft Docs|access-date=January 3, 2021|date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120204513/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/excel/get-latest-excel-viewer|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Description of the security update for Excel Viewer 2007: February 12, 2019|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/4461608/description-of-the-security-update-for-excel-viewer-2007-february-12|website=Microsoft|access-date=January 3, 2021|date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

The first version released by Microsoft was Excel 97 Viewer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Excel Viewer|url=http://www.microsoft.com/office/msexcel/internet/viewer/|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980120142756/http://www.microsoft.com/office/msexcel/internet/viewer/|archive-date=January 20, 1998|year=1997|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Excel 97/2000 Viewer: Spreadsheet Files|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4EB83149-91DA-4110-8595-4A960D3E1C7C&displaylang=EN|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113003810/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4EB83149-91DA-4110-8595-4A960D3E1C7C&displaylang=EN|archive-date=January 13, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> Excel 97 Viewer was supported in [[Windows Embedded Compact|Windows CE]] for [[Handheld PC]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Features in Windows CE .NET 4.1|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms919256(v=msdn.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN|website=Microsoft Docs|access-date=January 3, 2021|date=June 30, 2006|archive-date=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311221519/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms919256(v=msdn.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2004, Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Excel Viewer 2003|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8378BF4-996C-4569-B547-75EDBD03AAF0&displaylang=en|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115054414/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8378BF4-996C-4569-B547-75EDBD03AAF0&displaylang=en|archive-date=January 15, 2005|date=October 12, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2007, Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3).<ref>{{cite web|title=Excel Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3)|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=50A22D11-7CC6-4C3A-B3EC-A9EA4E39E28E&displaylang=en|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011003602/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=50A22D11-7CC6-4C3A-B3EC-A9EA4E39E28E&displaylang=en|archive-date=October 11, 2007|date=September 17, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2008, Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2007 (featuring a non-collapsible [[Ribbon (computing)|Ribbon]] interface).<ref>{{cite web|title=Excel Viewer|url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cd6acf9-ce06-4e1c-8dcf-f33f669dbc3a&displaylang=en|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926003423/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cd6acf9-ce06-4e1c-8dcf-f33f669dbc3a&displaylang=en|archive-date=September 26, 2010|date=January 14, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2009, Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2).<ref>{{cite web|title=Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2)|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17724|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428065656/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17724|archive-date=April 28, 2012|date=April 24, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2011, Microsoft released Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3).<ref>{{cite web|title=Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)|url=http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27833|website=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229015742/http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27833|archive-date=December 29, 2011|date=October 25, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Microsoft advises to view and print Excel files for free to use the [[Microsoft Office#Office for Android, iOS and Windows 10 Mobile|Excel Mobile]] application for [[Windows 10]] and for [[Windows 7]] and [[Windows 8]] to upload the file to [[Microsoft OneDrive|OneDrive]] and use [[#Excel for the web|Excel for the web]] with a [[Microsoft account]] to open them in a [[Web browser|browser]].<ref name="ExcelviewerEOL"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Supported versions of the Office viewers|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/979860/supported-versions-of-the-office-viewers|website=Microsoft|access-date=January 3, 2021|date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117195923/https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/979860/supported-versions-of-the-office-viewers|url-status=live}}</ref>