John R. Durant's WebLog

We introduced Excel XML Map objects in Excel 2003. We carried those forward into Excel 2007 and, of course, into Excel 2010. I recently stumbled on an Excel developer blog by Roy Maclean , and I was really glad to see him exploring a scenario and sharing...

The ODG logos have been updated with the new Office 2010 brand logo. Also, by request, I have added two smaller sizes of the logo for easier inclusion on Web sites and blogs. Below each image I've provided a corresponding friendly URL. http://go.microsoft...

We just published a new video on MSDN that provides a great starting point for understanding what we're talking about when we speak about "Office 2010 productivity solutions". You can watch the video (~7 minutes long) by clicking the image below: http...

I track some information in Excel, and one of the columns is for a link to some location (blogs, Web sites, etc.). One of the things is that I don't want the URL to appear as it creates display issues (as shown here). I really want it to look like this...