Excel Productivity & Charting Add-Ins: Suggestions? Recommendations?

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I see quiet a few Excel add-in products from companies like Ozgrid and
Add-Ins.com on the web.

Most promise attractive improvements in functionality and/or
appearance. And they are all pretty cheap.

But rather than download and test a bunch, I thought I'd check here
first with the priesthood. Can you care to comment on value and real
functionality of ones that you use or have used ?

I'm also looking for a good 3D charting package for scientific apps.
Any recommendations here?

Thanks Much,

SteveM
 
The most useful charting add-in I've ever downloaded is Rob Bovey's Chart
Labeler (http://appspro.com), and it's free; John Walkenbach has a similar
add-in called Chart Tools, also free (http://j-walk.com). These only
embellish existing charts.

I have a few utilities on my web site which actually produce chart types
unavailable in Excel's default selections. So far they are free, but the
next versions will have more features, and I will start charging for them.
You can find them under 'Utilities' on my index page:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChartIndex.html#U

I've seen a lot of these third party add-ins, in fact I'll base my cost
structure on theirs. In general they do not seem any better (and maybe not
any worse) than mine, but I have not tested them.

- Jon
 
Re: "Can you care to comment on value and real
functionality of ones that you use or have used ?"

This is hardly an objective recommendation, but don't overlook the ones at...
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA



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I see quiet a few Excel add-in products from companies like Ozgrid and
Add-Ins.com on the web.

Most promise attractive improvements in functionality and/or
appearance. And they are all pretty cheap.
But rather than download and test a bunch, I thought I'd check here
first with the priesthood. Can you care to comment on value and real
functionality of ones that you use or have used ?

I'm also looking for a good 3D charting package for scientific apps.
Any recommendations here?
Thanks Much,
SteveM
 
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