Editing Multiplan (section)

==Reception==
''[[Ahoy!]]'' in 1984 called the Commodore 64 version of Multiplan, distributed by [[Human Engineered Software]], a "professional quality spreadsheet ... There is not enough room in this article to mention all the mathematical operations performed ... Documentation is lengthy but well written".<ref name="silveria198405">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/Ahoy_Issue_05_1984-05_Ion_International_US#page/n17/mode/2up | title=Spreadsheets for the C-64 | work=Ahoy! | date=May 1984 | access-date=27 June 2014| author=Silveria, Terry | pages=18}}</ref> A second review in the magazine noted the limitation of the computer's 40-column screen, but praised the ability to stop any ongoing action. It also praised the documentation, and concluded that "its ease of use and foolproof design make ''Multiplan'' an outstanding value".<ref name="addams198406">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/Ahoy_Issue_06_1984-06_Ion_International_US#page/n53/mode/2up | title=Multiplan | work=Ahoy! | date=June 1984| access-date=27 June 2014 | author=Addams, Shay | pages=55–56}}</ref> ''[[BYTE]]'' said that "Multiplan for the Macintosh is a winner", stating that combining other versions' power and features with the Macintosh's graphics and user interface "rivals, and in many ways exceeds, anything else available in the spreadsheet genre".<ref name="trachtenberg198412">{{Cite magazine |last=Trachtenberg |first=Mitch |date=December 1984 |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1984-12/1984_12_BYTE_09-13_Communications#page/n479/mode/2up | title= Multiplan/Chart on the Macintosh |magazine=BYTE |pages=A85–A93}}</ref>

A 1990 [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]] member survey found that 7% of respondents used Multiplan as their spreadsheet.<ref name="aicpa1990">{{Cite report |url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1563&context=aicpa_guides |title=1990 AICPA survey of computer usage |author-link=American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |year=1990 |id=561 |access-date=2025-04-30}}</ref>