MultiPlan

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Multiplan
Screenshot Multiplan on the C64.
Developer:	Microsoft
OS:	Commodore 64, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, MS-DOS, Xenix, CTOS
Use:	spreadsheet
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Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program, following VisiCalc, developed by Microsoft. Introduced in 1982, initially for computers running CP/M, it was ported to a number of other operating systems including MS-DOS and Xenix. Versions were also available for the Commodore 64, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, Radio Shack Model II, Apple II and Burroughs B-20 series of personal computers. Multiplan for the Apple Macintosh was Microsoft's first GUI spreadsheet - the others were text-based. Multiplan for the Macintosh was the most successful and was the best software next to Microsoft Word.

Outsold by Lotus 1-2-3 for several years, Multiplan was the basis for Microsoft Excel which followed some years later on both the Apple Macintosh (1985) and Microsoft Windows (1987).

Multiplan is also the name of a "health care cost management company" operating out of New York.

[edit] See also

• Microsoft Excel
• SYmbolic LinK (SYLK)