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FAQ: Release Log

New in Version 3.2

  • Compatibility with Mathematica 7 including an updated set of toolbar icons
  • Support for opening/saving .xlxs, .xlsm, and .xlsb files
  • Support for writing 'jagged' arrays wrapped with Grid.
  • ExcelFormat["A:C", "AutoFit"] now automatically adjusts column width
  • Support for 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Mathematica connecting to 32-bit Excel
  • Improved message print format in Mathematica 6 and 7
  • Fixed bug where some workbooks with macro buttons do not relink correctly
  • Improved ExcelInstall method for launching visible instance of Excel
  • Improved inserting of Mathematica macro code boxes and buttons
  • No "kernel connection closed" dialog if code box ends with Quit[]
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

New in Version 3.1

  • Compatibility with Mathematica 6
  • Compatibility with Excel 2007
  • Compatibility with Windows Vista
  • Keyboard shortcuts for Excel toolbar commands
  • Additional Excel message-related options
  • Restored backwards-compatibility with Excel 2000
  • Improved editing of existing functions using the Mathematica function wizard
  • Improved compatibility with workbooks built with Version 2.x
  • Improved printable PDF documentation

New in Version 3

  • Ability to create Mathematica-based macros
  • Suite of Mathematica functions to interact with and automate Excel
  • Improved set of worksheet functions allowing you to build and evaluate Mathematica expressions in Excel even more easily.
  • Increased worksheet function speed. Worksheet functions now calculate up to 8x faster.
  • Increased worksheet function reliability. Worksheet functions are now robust enough for the most demanding spreadsheet applications. Automated tests have performed billions of continuous evaluations without errors.
  • Improved worksheet function error handling. Dependent evaluations are now suppressed through the use of native Excel error codes.
  • Improved Mathematica message handling. Messages are now displayed and stored in a non-modal window. You can leave this window open, scroll through multiple messages, find the source of a message, and even save messages to a log file.
  • Display of typesetting and formatted output in Excel
  • Easier linking. If a Mathematica kernel is available on your machine it is automatically located. The Start/End Link button is now a more-powerful Evaluate button that can be used to reevaluate a workbook, interrupt current evaluations, or, by holding Shift, end a link without displaying a confirmation dialog.
  • Enhanced Mathematica function wizard allows you to browse for functions by category, explore options, and edit existing formulas.
  • Standard packages are now automatically declared, by default, and can be browsed directly within the function wizard. This functionality replaces the Libraries dialog.
  • Improved copying and pasting is faster and more robust. View and modify your copied data directly in the new Mathematica clipboard window, which replaces the Kernel dialog. You can also type Mathematica expressions directly into the clipboard, evaluate them, and paste them wherever needed.
  • Improved sharing of workbooks with others: just click Unlink in the Workbook tab of the Mathematica Options dialog. If colleagues have Mathematica Link for Excel, they will be automatically prompted to relink formulas when they open your workbook.