Excel is both ubiquitous and easily understandable. Most people from every walk of life know how to
use MS office and Excel spreadsheets. Students are also familiar with spreadsheets. Most students
know how to use spreadsheets for data analysis. Besides basic use of Excel, some important aspects
of spreadsheets are highlighted in this article. MS Excel can be used to visualize effects of
various parameters in a physical system. It can be used as a simulating tool; simulation of wind
data has been done through spreadsheets in this study. Examples of Lissajous figures and a damped
harmonic oscillator are presented in this article.