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Whether you work for a small mom-and-pop operation or belong to a giant, multinational firm, spreadsheets are likely to be an invaluable tool for your business. All companies manage various sorts of ...

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Spreadsheets are a powerful, multipurpose tool used by businesspeople, analysts, data scientists, and technologists to collect, integrate, cleanse, analyze, and present data. They became popular in ...