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In the computing world, Microsoft Excel is a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in 1993, and it has replaced Lotus 1-2-3 as the industry standard for spreadsheets. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office. Continue reading to see five more video game characters that were created with the software.
5. Final Fantasy Characters
![](http://i.imgur.com/ntHcE6D.png)
4. Roxas from Kingdom Hearts
![](http://i.imgur.com/Xl8BxVd.jpg)
3. Mega Man
![](http://i.imgur.com/0ZMKnwk.jpg)
2. Cloud from Final Fantasy
![](http://i.imgur.com/ei6uk3q.jpg)
1. Sonic and Knuckles
![](http://i.imgur.com/th7uOyY.jpg)
Bonus Video
The Windows version of Excel supports programming through Microsoft’s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which is a dialect of Visual Basic. Programming with VBA allows spreadsheet manipulation that is awkward or impossible with standard spreadsheet techniques. Programmers may write code directly using the Visual Basic Editor (VBE), which includes a window for writing code, debugging code, and code module organization environment.
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