{"id":1343,"date":"2026-10-19T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2026-10-17T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:19:56","slug":"spreadsheet-day-2026-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/19\/spreadsheet-day-2026-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreadsheet Day 2026 Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d942c2121bfbd137a3b44056a000f09c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Top -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9531091850463532\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6574318169\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank you for celebrating Spreadsheet Day 2026 on October 17th! Here\u2019s a roundup with a few highlights from this year\u2019s posts, in case you missed some of them.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Spreadsheet Problems<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kpuls\">Ken Puls<\/a> posted this comic by @xkcd, and I think most of us can relate to it.\u00a0 A spreadsheet is the perfect place to store your problems! You can sort them, and filter them, and colour code them with conditional formatting!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy #SpreadsheetDay day to our fellow #Excel and spreadsheet lovers!\u00f0\u0178\u2019\u0161 This comic from the always funny @xkcd seemed fitting. (https:\/\/t.co\/Rf9uhnwzK8)<br \/>\nSpreadsheet Day was started by @ddalgleish to commemorate the day the 1st spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, was released in 1979. https:\/\/t.co\/bjfaiCow4c<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Ken Puls, FCPA, FCMA (@kpuls) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kpuls\/status\/2111506777074479512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Celebrations<\/h2>\n<p>Apparently there are other celebrations on October 17th, but Colorado Grandma knows that Spreadsheet Day is the best one, obviously!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@inqdragon2 Spreadsheet day. Probably not a lot of folks out here celebrating, but it is my go to life organizational tool. So cheers!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KJW &#8211; Colorado Grandma (@kjw788069) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kjw788069\/status\/2111458879435653522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Business Tool<\/h2>\n<p>A spreadsheet it an essential business tool, and I agree with Odero Bookkeeping! It would be hard to succeed without our business spreadsheets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy Spreadsheet Day!<\/p>\n<p>Today is Spreadsheet Day, so of course we have to celebrate one of our favorite business tools!<\/p>\n<p>And if you own a business, chances are you have at least ONE spreadsheet you couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t live without!?<\/p>\n<p>Do you love spreadsheets or do spreadsheets stress you out?<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n#Denverbookkeeper #Denveraccountant #Coloradobookkeeper #Coloradoaccountant #KingdomBusiness #OderoBookkeeping #OderoBooks<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Odero Bookkeeping (@OderoBooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OderoBooks\/status\/2111457295779446882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Government Business<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio Office of Budget and Management was celebrating too, and they must use lots of spreadsheets!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy Spreadsheet Day! https:\/\/t.co\/XVYxV8f4Mh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ohio_OBM (@Ohio_OBM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ohio_OBM\/status\/2111457179815366963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Honouring VisiCalc<\/h2>\n<p>And finally, here&#8217;s a great post by ARUN, explaining how Spreadsheet Day honours VisiCalc &#8211; the first spreadsheet program for personal computers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u00f0\u0178\u201c\u0160 Spreadsheet Day \u00e2\u20ac\u201d October 17<\/p>\n<p>Today celebrates one of the quiet inventions that completely changed how people work with numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The date honours VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for personal computers, created by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston. The Apple II version shipped on October 17, 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Before programs like this, changing one figure in a financial model could mean manually recalculating everything that depended on it. VisiCalc changed that \u00e2\u20ac\u201d edit one cell, and related calculations could update automatically.<\/p>\n<p>That simple grid of rows, columns and formulas helped turn personal computers into serious business tools.<\/p>\n<p>Spreadsheet Day itself was founded by Debra Dalgleish and first celebrated in 2010, with October 17 chosen specifically to honour VisiCalc\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s release.<\/p>\n<p>From VisiCalc \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Lotus 1-2-3 \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Excel \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Google Sheets, spreadsheets have evolved enormously, but the basic idea remains remarkably familiar.<\/p>\n<p>\u00f0\u0178\u2019\u00bb Budgeting<br \/>\n\u00f0\u0178\u201c\u02c6 Analysis<br \/>\n\u00f0\u0178\u00a7\u00ae Calculations<br \/>\n\u00f0\u0178\u201c\u0160 Charts<br \/>\n\u00f0\u0178\u201c\u2039 Planning<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u2026 Better decisions<\/p>\n<p>A simple grid became one of the most useful tools in modern computing.<\/p>\n<p>#SpreadsheetDay #VisiCalc #TechHistory #Spreadsheets #Computing #October17<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ARUN (@Cipher_Revolt) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cipher_Revolt\/status\/2111347729293361244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0\u00a0 __________<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for celebrating Spreadsheet Day 2026, and we\u2019ll do it again next year, to show our continued love for spreadsheets!<\/p>\n<p>___________<\/p>\n<h2>Spreadsheet Day 2026 Roundup<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SpreadsheetDayRoundup02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Spreadsheet Day 2026 Roundup\" src=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SpreadsheetDayRoundup02_thumb.png\" alt=\"Spreadsheet Day 2026 Roundup\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spreadsheet Day 2026 Roundup<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for celebrating Spreadsheet Day 2026 on October 17th! 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