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Microsoft has added the ability for users to create custom Javascript functions in Excel spreadsheets, creating concern among security experts. According to Excel program managers Michael Saunders and ...

Before we go further, it is important to note that this is just a proof of concept and to even use custom functions in Excel, you first need to be using the Office Insider version of Excel and to ...

JavaScript isn't replacing Office macros anytime soon, but the Office Web apps (and the SharePoint-based enterprise equivalents) are improving regularly. For users that means simple but useful ...

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Microsoft is launching a couple of features to Excel today that make the ubiquitous spreadsheet software a bit more powerful. Among the new features is support for Azure Machine Learning and custom ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Excel used to only allow two types of data: text and numbers.

Excel might be the world's most widely used programming language; Microsoft is on a journey to turn it into a better and more powerful programming language, without losing what makes it Excel.

At its Ignite conference, Microsoft today announced an update to Excel that brings a new JavaScript API to the venerable spreadsheet app. With this new API, developers will be able to create custom ...