http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/archive/tags/Microsoft/default.aspxTags: MicrosoftenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/archive/2008/12/10/my_2D00_first_2D00_15_2D00_minutes.aspxWed, 10 Dec 2008 19:32:05 GMTafdc21cc-1618-45b1-a950-e47bb94e6e94:3082Nick Hodge0http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3082http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/commentapi.aspx?PostID=3082http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/archive/2008/12/10/my_2D00_first_2D00_15_2D00_minutes.aspx#comments<p><a href="http://excelusergroup.org/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/nickhodge/logooffice_5F00_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;border-right-width:0px;" height="40" alt="logooffice" src="http://excelusergroup.org/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/nickhodge/logooffice_5F00_thumb.jpg" width="169" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes... dunno who said that but as many of you know I live a double life as downright nice, jolly chap on one hand and geek on the other!</p> <p>Some time ago I wrote a blog about getting External Data into the new 2007 version of Excel. Well, it grew a little into a full-blown article and it has just been published on the main Office Online web site at Microsoft.com.</p> <p><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA103382101033.aspx" target="_blank">The article is here</a></p> <p>...end of 15 minutes and back to obscurity!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://excelusergroup.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3082" width="1" height="1">External DataMicrosofthttp://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/archive/2008/02/22/maybe-faulting-add-ins-are-a-thing-of-the-past.aspxFri, 22 Feb 2008 09:12:00 GMTafdc21cc-1618-45b1-a950-e47bb94e6e94:1032Nick Hodge0http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1032http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/commentapi.aspx?PostID=1032http://excelusergroup.org/blogs/nickhodge/archive/2008/02/22/maybe-faulting-add-ins-are-a-thing-of-the-past.aspx#comments<p>I was intrigued to see, under the threat from competition commissions around the World, that Microsoft are opening up parts of their code-base and engineering to competitors to make the whole operating system and main applications (Office is mentioned), work better with 3rd party products.</p> <p>I for one hope people like Adobe gets involved with this as a good proportion of the posts in the public GrashesGPFs group on MSFT&#39;s servers, relates to faulting add-ins opening with Excel.</p> <p>Hopefully good news?</p> <p>Here is the article from Reuters.</p> <p><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKWNAS191120080222?feedType=nl&amp;feedName=ukmorningdigest">http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKWNAS191120080222?feedType=nl&amp;feedName=ukmorningdigest</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://excelusergroup.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1032" width="1" height="1">Add-InsMicrosoft