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Ask HN: Why does a Microsoft Excel workbook have three sheets by default?

• dfghdfhdfgd 15y ago
  Usability - It's a hint to those who don't already know that a workbook can have multiple sheets
• Piskvorrr 15y ago
  You may be interested in this question on ux.stackexchange.com - has been asked last year, and has interesting answers (including one from @joelspolsky, who was on Excel team when this feature was designed): http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/10135/why-are-there-three-3-default-worksheets-in-ms-office-excel http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/10135/why-are-there-th...
  • asto 15y ago
    Perfect, thanks!
    • Piskvorrr 15y ago
      Glad it helped :)