It’s been five years since the Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Office icons were given a new look. Now they’ve been announced and, frankly, we could not care less. New look icons don’t make any difference to anyone’s daily use of Office. It’s like supermarket groceries that boast ‘New Packaging’ as if any customers care? […]
Microsoft can’t help itself from releasing a product or feature before it’s ready. They’ve done it again with a premature public release of Excel 365’s Stock and Geography data types. Excel 365’s Linked Data Types feature promises to be a great innovation. At long last there’s a simple way to get current financial information into […]
It’s not specified in this press release but the announcement means a change in the financial data source for Excel 365’s Stock data type. ” 16 October 2018 Collaboration brings financial data to the masses with simple, direct access to trusted financial data within Microsoft Excel, MSN Money and Bing. Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and […]
We like Excel 365’s new Stock data type but it’s far from perfect. It’s vital that you make sure you’re tracking the correct stock and exchange by checking the ticker code. Microsoft has been having a difficult time ‘data wrangling’. They rely on outside contractors to supply the price and stock information from about 60 […]
Give Stock or Geography linked data types a try in Excel 365 for Windows. It really is a great innovation and will be better once Microsoft sorts out the data issues. Getting started At its simplest, type in the name of a company and click on Data | Data Types | Stocks Excel goes off […]
