• Simple to use

• Available on most Windows operating systems

• Provides a quick review of data

• Can be used for simple find-and-replace operations

• Can develop formulas to validate data

• Minimal learning curve

• Provides the ability to manually move columns, which limits additional data transformation

• Provides the ability to filter and sort data. This provides an easy approach to identifying duplicate parts and documents as well as producing a list of items to add to resource bundles.

• Data consistency