Download Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook for free using Microsoft 365 plans. Microsoft 365 for the web offers free, web-based versions of these apps for lifetime use.

While you can download Excel from the Apple App Store for free, you will need an active Microsoft 365 subscription to create and edit spreadsheets.

Screenshot: Microsoft Web versions Anyone with a web browser and a free Microsoft account—student, teacher, or otherwise—can get at the online versions of Word and Excel without paying anything.

From basic to advanced spreadsheets, pivot tables, formulas, and more, Microsoft Excel is the everyday workhorse behind data management.

A shared Microsoft 365 Lists list is more valuable if you can use it to update source data in Microsoft Excel.

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Numbers has the ability to open Excel files so you can work on them. You can also export spreadsheets in Numbers so that they are compatible with Excel.