What does the Force.com Excel Connector allow users to do?

The Force.com Excel Connector is specifically designed to facilitate interaction between Excel and Salesforce, allowing users to clean and update Salesforce data directly from spreadsheets. This feature is particularly valuable for those who need to manipulate large volumes of data in a familiar spreadsheet environment before committing changes back to Salesforce. It empowers users to perform complex data operations, such as importing, exporting, and updating records efficiently, thereby enhancing data management capabilities within Salesforce.

In contrast, the other options focus on functionalities that are not specifically tied to what the Force.com Excel Connector offers. Accessing sales data remotely is generally related to Salesforce's broader capabilities around mobile access or API functionalities. Utilizing visual dashboards pertains to Salesforce’s reporting and analytics functionalities, which focus on data visualization rather than direct data manipulation through Excel. Developing new Salesforce applications falls under the realm of app development, unrelated to the specific data handling capabilities of the Excel Connector.