Microsoft adds live custom data types to Excel, letting users import their data, a feature currently available to Office beta testers in the Insiders program (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Microsoft adds live custom data types to Excel, letting users import their data, a feature currently available to Office beta testers in the Insiders program  —  Excel now goes far beyond text and numbers  —  Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data types.