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		tragomaskhalos on Feb 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Importance of Excel The most egregious Excel abuse I have seen was an application that had a "database" embedded in it, i.e. a hidden sheet containing lines of data that was added to, and (linearly!) searched by, macros hanging off buttons in the "app" part of the xls.

cnvogel on Feb 11, 2013 [–]

This is not the "most egregious Excel abuse", but rather standard opreating procedure for most Excel applications I've seen in my career.

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