Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At its Ignite conference, Microsoft today announced an update to Excel that brings a new JavaScript API to the venerable ...

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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 ...