How is it that Microsoft hasn't taken the time to implement this? Being
the
the biggest mainstream spreadsheet application without any reliable
security?

The biggest profit is not in code development, but in the usage. The more
user friendly, the less security. For real security, a developer would use
an application that will compile with encryption that would take hackers
many hours to foil. Excel was designed originally as an accounting and
bookkeeping tool. Macros, and eventually VBA, were thrown in to facilitate
the manipulation of data on the spreadsheet. I do not believe that
Microsoft was promoting private code development for personal profit,
although they probably expected there would be some of it.





"ShaunP." wrote in message
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This is a little dissapointing to hear.

How is it that Microsoft hasn't taken the time to implement this? Being
the
the biggest mainstream spreadsheet application without any reliable
security?
Countless businesses are at risk of compromise with just a few google
searches?

There must be someway more reliable and secure.