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Re: Show HN: Publisheet – Publish Excel sheets as interactive web pages

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Post by nailer »

I'm surprised MS Office development seems to have just...stopped.

Powerpoint can't import an SVG (it turns it into a low res raster image). Powerpoint can't export SVG either, if I want to use a Powerpoint diagram in a web page. I opened a JSON file in Excel expecting to see nested values and nope, it doesn't support that file format. Office isn't even available in the Windows app store.

When Microsoft's going full steam ahead with stuff like Terminal, VSCode, OneDrive, Edgium, etc Office seems to be stuck in 2005.

Re: Show HN: Publisheet – Publish Excel sheets as interactive web pages

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Post by antigirl »

nailer wrote: post #2

I'm surprised MS Office development seems to have just...stopped. Powerpoint can't import an SVG (it turns it into a low res raster image). Powerpoint can't export SVG either, if I want to use a Powerpoint diagram in a web page. I opened a JSON file in Excel expecting to see nested values and nope, it doesn't support that file format. Office isn't even available in the Windows app store. When Microsoft's going full s…

Well everyone is using google docs/sheets/slides

google slides support SVG btw https://gsuite.google.com/

Re: Show HN: Publisheet – Publish Excel sheets as interactive web pages

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Post by smt88 »

slowmotiony wrote: post #6

This is amazing, but there is no way that my firm will send any excels with our data to a relatively small and unknown third-party provider who will host it on a public URL. Are you thinking about allowing users to run this on-site?

I was about to say the same. I'd pay for a license to use a self-hosted version.

Re: Show HN: Publisheet – Publish Excel sheets as interactive web pages

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Post by smt88 »

nailer wrote: post #2

I'm surprised MS Office development seems to have just...stopped. Powerpoint can't import an SVG (it turns it into a low res raster image). Powerpoint can't export SVG either, if I want to use a Powerpoint diagram in a web page. I opened a JSON file in Excel expecting to see nested values and nope, it doesn't support that file format. Office isn't even available in the Windows app store. When Microsoft's going full s…

Has it stopped, or are you maybe not the target/average user?

Most Office users have no idea what SVG or JSON files are or why they'd use them.

My experience is that Office has prioritized usability and automating tedious tasks, like theming, creating charts, and linking data back and forth.

Every major version over the last 15 years has made some large usability improvements (e.g. format painter), but perhaps you'd only notice them if you're using the applications in certain ways. I've noticed them and feel like I'm stuck in molasses whenever I have to use an older version of Office.

Re: Show HN: Publisheet – Publish Excel sheets as interactive web pages

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Post by mipmap04 »

nailer wrote: post #2

I'm surprised MS Office development seems to have just...stopped. Powerpoint can't import an SVG (it turns it into a low res raster image). Powerpoint can't export SVG either, if I want to use a Powerpoint diagram in a web page. I opened a JSON file in Excel expecting to see nested values and nope, it doesn't support that file format. Office isn't even available in the Windows app store. When Microsoft's going full s…

New versions of Excel allow you to import JSON through PowerQuery in the Data tab on the ribbon. Works pretty well.
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