Microsoft today highlighted the new features that were added to Excel apps across platforms in November 2022. The main highlight was the new Office Scripts and Show Changes feature in Excel for Windows and Mac.
Office Scripts feature allows users to automate repetitive tasks in your spreadsheet workflows. Show Changes allows you to see exactly what edits were made to your workbooks. Excel on Office for iOS now has a modern look and feel to the contextual command bar and ribbon palette. Read the full change log below.
Excel for the web
Chart Data Foils
Chart Data Foils provides a visual indicator directly on the spreadsheet highlighting the source range of cells for charts. Users can easily modify that range with the click and drag of a mouse. After a user has created a chart, they can now leverage Data Foils to modify which rows/columns of data are used for their chart including its series titles, series values, and category values.
Excel for Windows
Show Changes in Excel lets you see exactly what edits were made to your workbooks, so you can confidently allow others to collaborate on your work. You can see details of who changed what, where, and when, along with the previous value of the cell for quick reversion.
Automate Tasks with Office Scripts
Office Scripts enables you to automate repetitive tasks in your spreadsheet workflows. These scripts help you save time by increasing efficiency and reducing errors in your workflow, and you can even schedule your scripts so that your automations can run even while you’re away. Now available for all Windows & Mac users.
Excel for Mac
Show Changes
Show Changes in Excel lets you see exactly what edits were made to your workbooks, so you can confidently allow others to collaborate on your work. You can see details of who changed what, where, and when, along with the previous value of the cell for quick reversion.
Automate Tasks with Office Scripts
Office Scripts enables you to automate repetitive tasks in your spreadsheet workflows. These scripts help you save time by increasing efficiency and reducing errors in your workflow, and you can even schedule your scripts so that your automations can run even while you’re away. Now available for all Mac & Windows users.
Excel for iOS
Get Fast and Fluent for Office on iPhone (Insiders)
These updates bring a modern look and feel to the contextual command bar and ribbon palette when working with documents, presentations, and worksheets on your iPhone. The new cleaner and simplified experience include:Â
- A visual update of both the contextual command bar and ribbon palette to align with Microsoft’s Fluent design, implemented using our open-source components.
- More performant menus on the contextual command bar that open faster and are resizable
