Excel: Excel 2013 Offers an Excel App Store

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Although developers have been creating VBA add-ins for Excel since 1993, Excel 2013 and Excel 2015 offer an Excel App Store featuring JavaScript apps. Right now, the apps are limited to read-only access to a range of cells and will then create some new visualization in an application window.

In Excel 2013, go to Insert, Apps for Office. Many apps are free.

  1. This is the free Bubbles App. On the screen, the bubbles animate and move.