How do you think Excel should be developed over the next few years?

[jgrob3]

I don't have a hotline to Microsoft or a pre-alpha copy of Excel 2020, but I was thinking about where Excel might be headed over the next few years and came up with 8 bold predictions.

What do you think? Do you have any other predictions/ideas about where it could/should go?

http://www.accessanalytic.com.au/pdf/20120601ArticleFutureofExcel.pdf

 

[Domski]

My thoughts on a few:

#1 It's the layout and function of a spreadsheet that really prevents Excel being truly multi user. If you allowed more than one person to update the majority then chaos would ensue or there would have to be so much entry validation it would become unworkable.

#5 Office and Excel in particular will be one of the major selling points of MS's new Surface tablets so can't see a version for iPad or Android that soon.

#7 I'm not much of an Access person but don't see Excel really being able to take over from it without major changes.

Other than that I reckon the rest are pretty feasible.

Dom