Shortly after Microsoft announced support for custom JavaScript functions in Excel, someone demonstrated what could possibly go wrong if this feature is abused for malicious purposes. As promised last ...

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 ...

Earlier at the Ignite conference, Microsoft announces plans to release an update to Excel by bringing a new JavaScript API to the spreadsheet app. Microsoft says with the new API addition, developers ...

Microsoft announced at its Build 2018 conference this week -- and in a blog post -- that it was going to add custom functionality locally in Excel spreadsheets through JavaScript. The idea here, ...

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 ...

The questions plaguing users of Microsoft Excel—JavaScript support, slow Mac development cycles, the lack of Easter eggs—all apparently come down to one thing: prioritizing developer resources. The ...

is a senior correspondent 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.