Excel 2013 Preview

[Domski]

I'm guessing many will already have seen this but thought I'd share it anyway:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/excel-2013-preview

Dom

 

[Trevor G]

Thanks for sharing Dom.

 

[Domski]

Nothing that groundbreaking by the looks of it. Be interesting to hear what anyone who has tried the beta thinks.

Dom

 

[arkusM]

Excellent, that means my most up-to-date knowledge is based on TEN year old software... That makes me feel old.

 

[BenMiller]

Looks like they didn't really add much... In the typical Microsoft style, they don't give any real-life examples of when and how one would actually use these new features... "Flash Fill Here’s the easy way to reformat and rearrange your data. Excel learns and recognizes your pattern and auto-completes the remaining data, with no formulas or macros required."

Explain, Microsoft, explain.

 

[BenMiller]

Though I am excited for it, I will admit that.

 

[Domski]

Flash fill just sounds like an upgraded text to columns but maybe you can do more with it than that.

Dom

 

[T. Valko]

Excellent, that means my most up-to-date knowledge is based on TEN year old software... That makes me feel old.

Nothing wrong with that.

My default Excel version is Excel 2002. I do have 2007 but I absolutely hate the ribbon.

 

[T. Valko]

Looks like they didn't really add much... In the typical Microsoft style, they don't give any real-life examples of when and how one would actually use these new features... "Flash Fill Here’s the easy way to reformat and rearrange your data. Excel learns and recognizes your pattern and auto-completes the remaining data, with no formulas or macros required."

Explain, Microsoft, explain.

Hopefully, that's something that can be disabled!

 

[Domski]

Hopefully, that's something that can be disabled!

A bit like background error checking which gets turned off whenever I use a fresh copy of Excel.

Dom