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sheets are particularly good for handling numerical data and
calculating results, and so they are appropriate for many financial and
other numerical/calculating applications. Database packages are more
appropriate for conventional record-keeping tasks where the main
requirement is to retrieve information and produce transaction
documents and reports.
Spreadsheet applications
Spreadsheet applications fall into two broad areas, managerial and
clerical:
• Managerial applications are those that support the kinds of task
that managers have to carry out, in particular decision-making and
planning tasks. As mentioned above, spreadsheet ...