One of the really great things\r\nabout Microsoft Office 2013 is that you can extend the functionality of the\r\nvarious Office applications by running apps within the applications. These apps\r\nare available through the Microsoft Office Apps store. This article lists five handy apps for Excel.
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Bing Maps allows business data to be mapped within a spreadsheet.\r\nAfter selecting a data range, you can plot the data on a map.
PayPal Invoicing is a free invoicing app for Excel. It requires you to\r\ndownload PayPal’s invoicing workbook, which is also free. After doing so, you\r\ncan populate the workbook with all the information you would normally include\r\non an invoice.
Although there are countless invoicing applications in\r\nexistence, the PayPal Invoicing App has one feature that sets it apart from\r\nmany of the others. When you create an invoice, it contains a pay button. Your\r\ncustomers can click the button to pay the invoice, even if they don’t have a\r\nPayPal account.
Although People Graph’s primary focus is people, it offers a\r\nnumber of other icons, including moneybags, clocks, hearts, stars, diamonds,\r\nand even a cat.
Gauge\r\nlets you create gauge charts within an Excel spreadsheet. What’s a\r\ngauge chart? It’s a chart that displays business data in a format similar to a\r\ncar speedometer.
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