EditGrid Excel Plus Public Beta Release - Online Spreadsheets

Power-up your Excel!

EditGrid Excel Plus is a plugin for Microsoft Excel™ that brings the power of EditGrid to your desktop. Your Excel spreadsheets can now access EditGrid's versatile feature set and real-time data capabilities.

The development of EditGrid Excel Plus is sponsored by Reuters and ICAP.

Features

	Open Open your EditGrid workbooks in Excel.
	Save Save your EditGrid workbook opened in Excel to EditGrid.
	Publish Publish data from Excel to EditGrid with one click.
	Subscribe Subscribe to an EditGrid worksheet and receive real-time update in Excel when the online workbook changes.
	Synchronise Establish region level linkage; Excel and EditGird real-time update each other.

Benefits

Here are a few ways we think your work might benefit from EditGrid Excel Plus...

Bring in real-time data in Excel
Bring real-time data like user edits and remote stock quotes right to Excel.
Publish data to EditGrid directly from Excel
Aggregate your data with Excel and publish it directly to EditGrid without going through the cumbersome upload process. Then use EditGrid's extensive publishing features to distribute your data online as you see fit.
Access and edit your spreadsheets offline
Download your workbooks, edit them offline in Excel and save it back to EditGrid when you're back online.
Get the best of both EditGrid and Excel
Let EditGrid works hand-in-hand with other plugins or macros installed onto your Excel and get the best of both worlds.
Greater flexibility & enhanced productivity
Don't let a slow internet connection or older browser (e.g. IE 6) get in the way of your work, you can leverage EditGrid functionalities at your Excel.

Next Steps

Sign up for an EditGrid account if you don't already have one.
Download and install the plugin.

Buzz

"EditGrid Excel Plus Kicks Google Spreadsheet SaaS"

"The synchronized online/offline linking will have innumerable uses, particularly for those working with volatile data like stock prices, currency exchange rates, or other financial information."

From John Conroy, CMS Wire ( more ... )

"EditGrid syncs with Excel, useful for serious number-crunchers"

"Editgrid is targeting Excel users in the financial industry: People who comprise the majority of its 45,000 active users, and don't care about the latest gee-whiz web 2.0 company, but just want to get more out of the tools they already use for work."

From Eric Eldon, VentureBeat ( more ... )

"EditGrid's Handy Excel Plugin for Spreadsheet Heaven"

...Excel still has all the features that power users need. With this plugin, you get the best of both online and offline worlds, at the same time. Data from your online EditGrid spreadsheet is reflected immediately on your Excel sheet.

From Kristen Nicole, Mashable ( more ... )

Screen-shots

	Menu & Toolbar » View screen-shot		Sync Region » View screen-shot
	Open Workbook » View screen-shot		Save Workbook » View screen-shot
	Publish Worksheet » View screen-shot

Limitation?

EditGrid Excel Plus currently supports Microsoft Excel 2003 only. We intend to support Microsoft Excel 2007 once further testing is completed.

Feedback?

EditGrid Excel Plus is still in the beta stage, please send an email to feedback@editgrid.com to tell us about your experience with the plugin. Your feedback will help us deliver a product that's right for your needs. Thanks for testing!

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