Excel has different workbook page types such as data, chart and Visual Basic script. Genstat has six types of spreadsheet corresponding to the range of data structures found in Genstat. Apart from the standard vector (variate/text/factor) spreadsheets, there are three matrix types (rectangular, symmetric and diagonal), a table type that holds cross-tabulations (like the Excel pivot tables) and a scalar spreadsheet that holds single valued constants.
Genstat spreadsheets do not contain graphics: any graphs generated from an analysis are displayed in the Graphics Viewer window, which will open in front of your spreadsheet.