MS EXCEL CAN SERVE AS A GENERAL-PURPOSE DATA ANALYSIS TOOL. FOR WANT OF HANDIER TOOLS, WE CAN USE EXCEL TO FURTHER ANALYSE, SAY, THE DATA FROM CONCORANCER ANALYSIS. ACTUALLY THE EXCEL SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN FREQUENTLY MENTIONED IN REGARD TO LINGUISTIC DATA ANALYSIS. BUT FEW KNOW-HOWS ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAILS. I START THIS THREAD, FOR ONE THING, TO EXPOSE THIS TOPIC TO DISCUSSION; FOR ANOTHER, TO EXPOSE MYSELF TO NEW KNOWLEDGE.