Microsoft Excel is mainly for numerical analysis and manipulation. It has a wide range of statistical functions, about 80 specifically classified as being for statistics as well as many standard functions which can be used for statistics.
So many areas of statistical analysis, like doing surveys, evaluating census results, comparing laboratory experiment results, looking for trends in figures, probability, etc. can all be done with Microsoft Excel. It can also be used to present figures in a structured format. Microsoft Excel also provides a wide range of charts, some of which are particularly good for dealing with statistics.