Editing spreadsheets on the go or at work was soon to be simpler than ever with an essential update to the web version of Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft has released a series of spreadsheet software updates that it claims will help bridge the gap with its desktop sibling, including better support for larger files, in this way for those with inherited quirks.
"We're happy to share that you can now open and edit more files on the web and complete your work anywhere, in any browser of your choice," Microsoft noted in an Excel weblog post announcing the new one.
Excel for web update
In the future, Microsoft Excel for the web will let users open and edit large files from SharePoint up to XNUMX MB. This will expand the possible files to thousands and thousands of rows of data and means that users will not have to upgrade to the desktop version of Excel to fill their work.
Users can now also edit files that contain what Microsoft calls Legacy Art and SmartArt objects, including form controls, ActiveX controls, camera tools, and OLE objects. The company asserts that this will allow users to access and also interact with those workbooks, but not with the objects themselves.
Elsewhere, users can now access password-protected workbooks in Excel for the web page as well, meaning they don't have to go back to a desktop to open and also interact with secure files. Similarly, users can now also edit protected files for editing using an editing access key, which means that they will be able to access and also interact with different genres of protected workbooks in the browser itself.
That's not all, while Microsoft also noted that other quirks will be added soon, including support for Microsoft XNUMX subscribers to edit large files up to XNUMX MB from OneDrive, and the auxiliary burden of altering workbooks. with shared legacy functionality and data helper connections.
The new comes shortly after Microsoft revealed that it will provide support for smoother scrolling in the Excel desktop app, which will hopefully result in a much better user experience.