Excel 2010 – whats coming??

Anyone interested in BI and specifically using Excel in a reporting context will be interested in the new features coming from Microsoft in their latest and greatest Office release due around June 2010. The “sparklines” have been over hyped by Microsoft so far and I’m not convinced on their value just yet, but the slicers look great for making Pivot Tables much more intuitive for the average office user. Here’s a link where you can find a PDF document from Microsoft on what’s coming in Excel 2010. http://alchemex.ning.com/forum/topics/excel-2010-beta-guide

Further Reading:

1. Need a fix on Excel?
2. Excel – Hero or Villain
3. Do you know the history of spreadsheets?
4. Does MS Excel play a role in BI?