Appendix: Excel 2003 Beta 2

Overview

As the translation of the second edition of the German edition of this book was being completed, Office 2003 Beta 2 became available. I decided to take a look at this beta version and try out the new functions of Excel 2003 (only those related to VBA programming).

Note  

It should be clear that all that follows is to be taken as provisional. It is improbable that there will be enormous changes in the final version of Excel in comparison to the Beta 2 version, but such a possibility is not to be excluded.

It is also possible that many functions will not be present in all Office versions. (Above all, this affects some XML functions, which will most likely be integrated only into the more expensive Office packages.)

Finally, it may happen that I have missed or misunderstood some features.