<P> Included in Office 2003 . Minor enhancements, most significant being the new Tables . </P> <P> Included in Office 2007 . This release was a major upgrade from the previous version . Similar to other updated Office products, Excel in 2007 used the new Ribbon menu system . This was different from what users were used to, and was met with mixed reactions . One study reported fairly good acceptance by users except highly experienced users and users of word processing applications with a classical WIMP interface, but was less convinced in terms of efficiency and organisation . However, an online survey reported that a majority of respondents had a negative opinion of the change, with advanced users being "somewhat more negative" than intermediate users, and users reporting a self - estimated reduction in productivity . </P> <P> Added functionality included the SmartArt set of editable business diagrams . Also added was an improved management of named variables through the Name Manager, and much improved flexibility in formatting graphs, which allow (x, y) coordinate labeling and lines of arbitrary weight . Several improvements to pivot tables were introduced . </P> <P> Also like other office products, the Office Open XML file formats were introduced, including . xlsm for a workbook with macros and . xlsx for a workbook without macros . </P>

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