Excel updates

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Latest updates

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  Excel JavaScript API and custom data types
  A busy day over at Ignite 2021 gives us an early look at a significant new feature in Excel that has the potential to have a huge impact in the coming years.
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  Office Scripts gets… buttons
  There’s a new way to launch a macro with Office Scripts!
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  Office Scripts in Excel arrives for everyone*
  Office Scripts, the Next Big Thing for the long term future of automation in Excel, is now officially here. Well… sort-of. Read on for more information!
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  Conditional formatting improvements
  Now you can duplicate conditional formatting rules and resize conditional formatting dialog boxes.
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  Unhide multiple worksheets at once
  Now you can unhide multiple sheets at once, thanks to the latest Excel software update.
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  Introducing the LAMBDA function
  Now you can define your own re-usable functions with LAMBDA