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 ...

How to run script in Microsoft 365 Excel for the web Your email has been sent The ability to automate tasks in Excel for the web has been a long wait—but it’s ...

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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 ...

At the Build 2018 developer conference that's taking place these days in Seattle, USA, Microsoft announced support for custom JavaScript functions in Excel. What this means is that Excel users will be ...

Javascript custom functions are now supported in the Insider program's Excel (build 9325) so that developers can extend Excel's built-in function set. Security researcher Charles Dirderman immediately ...

Microsoft has launched some new features in its Excel spreadsheet software that will boost its power. But will that only be for the benefit of users? In its blog post about the new functionality, ...

In the well-established Office Ready-Fire-Aim tradition, Microsoft adds two new “features” that beg to be abused. Details appeared at Build, and the bad guys already have their keyboards primed. Once ...

Microsoft Excel is getting a welcome makeover for web users as part of a raft of updates from the company. The spreadsheet software is getting a new "modernized" look as part of a major upgrade that ...