In my opinion, Microsoft has definitely made three noticeable improvements to Excel 2013. The three improvements include its more user friendly and interactive interface; its ability to share workbooks over Skydrive or social network, and better visualization tools. Microsoft has made Excel 2013 more interactive and user friendly by introducing features such as “flash fill” and “quick analysis”, these features make first time Excel user feel more at ease. Excel 2013 has also improved its visualization tools, for example, when someone has no clue what chart or graph to use for their data, Excel 2013 will make recommendations based on the data you entered. Excel users will also be able to share their workbooks over Skydrive or social network. This makes it easier for people to accomplish group projects or presentation without the hustle of sending the workbook back and forth over emails.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/excel-2013-preview
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/first-look-excel-2013/
Joanne Lin
Your blog post is really interesting because I feel like it would be a good marketable speech to companies because one of their primary goal is to analyze data and make presentations.
-Fahima A. Salina