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Excel is the Lowest Common Denominator of UX.

You can show them an .xlsx, and there is no fear, and thus some chance of user acceptance.

There is enough structure that you can process it, and enough programmability to get by.

The format is broadly accessible across platforms.

It's not perfect, but it's a great going-in position.




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