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by candybar 4484 days ago
Ok just tried the add-in in Excel 2007, some comments:

1) Everything's really slow. Installation's very, very slow and not responsive and the add-in seems to add considerably to Excel start up time.

2) No ribbon, just three buttons on Add-Ins tab, it looks a bit unprofessional.

3) It doesn't really work - when I click on "Show sheet" it sends the browser to some local file slate.html in temp directory, which seems to have just:

Need Help?

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Double click to show full tree again.

There are no formulae on this sheet to display

Contact support@slateforexcel.com for support queries or feedback.

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Where's the stuff I saw in the video? Was that Mac-only?

4) I'd look into using Excel-DNA/NetOffice instead of VSTO, which requires a runtime. That makes it easier for business units to subscribe directly without going through the IT and the whole procurement process, etc.

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Thanks a lot for the feedback.

At the moment, we are using the browser to render Slate view so that we could use available web technologies to draw the tree.

Good point about Excel-DNA: we will take a look at this.

We have had some compatibility issues with Excel 2007. Perhaps we could take this to email? I am fraser@useslate.com