Back in the early days when the generic term "spreadsheet" was coined it
referred to a type of application like VisiCalc that used the rows and
columns method of visually displaying calculations.

http://www.dssresources.com/history/sshistory.html


When Excel came out with workbooks that contained multiple worksheets the
term "spreadsheet" got kind of confusing.

In Excel a file is a workbook which can contain multiple worksheets.

Still a "spreadsheet" type of application.

When posting questions about Excel it is always best to use the terms
workbook and worksheet.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:03:02 -0800, Maurice
wrote:

Rarely use Excel and would ask what is the difference between an excel
spreadsheet and a workbook. Much thanks for an informed response.