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Here you’ll find details of each major update to our Rainbow Analyst spreadsheet audit Excel add-in. And to keep in touch, you can also follow our Facebook page.

New corporate setup options in v24.02.0

New corporate setup options in v24.02.0

Many of our customers use Rainbow to support their own personal business, and they need full access to all Rainbow's functions. And this is what they get with a standard "Personal" setup of Rainbow. But we also have a number of large corporate customers, who for...

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Automated formula editing in Rainbow 12.6.1

Automated formula editing in Rainbow 12.6.1

Rainbow's Formula Scan function lets you see instantly where there are inconsistent formulas that differ from the surrounding cells. So in the composite screenshot above, you can see there is a block of inconsistent formulas highlighted in red. And if you look at the...

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New search and audit sampling in Rainbow 12.6

New search and audit sampling in Rainbow 12.6

In Rainbow 12.6 we've introduced two new features which make Rainbow a powerful audit sampling tool. These are a new Find Cells function, and a major enhancement to the Sample Data function. The new Find Cells function gives you a powerful tool to find any of 6...

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Updated Structure Map for large workbooks

Updated Structure Map for large workbooks

We're very pleased with our new Structure Map function (see previous post) and its ability to visualise how a spreadsheet operates. But we didn't discover till later that it was going to have problems with really big workbooks. So in Rainbow version 12.5.2 we've now...

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Visualise workbook structure with Rainbow 12.5

Visualise workbook structure with Rainbow 12.5

When someone sends you a spreadsheet to look at, do you ever wish there was an easy way to see what's going on? Well, now there is, with the new Structure Map function in Rainbow 12.5. As you can see in the composite screenshot above, this gives you a simple and clear...

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Instant menu and more in Rainbow 12.4.4

Instant menu and more in Rainbow 12.4.4

Since introducing the new Menu Guide in version 12.4.2, we have been looking at how to make it even more useful. And we think we've now found the answer: a Menu Guide that all fits on one screen, and that's instantly available when needed. As you can see from the...

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Rainbow 12.4.3 brings enhanced quick update system

Rainbow 12.4.3 brings enhanced quick update system

Rainbow version 12.4.0 introduced a new Windows installer system to make it easier to download and install Rainbow from our website. Now with version 12.4.3 we have brought Rainbow's Check For Updates function into line with the new installer system. To get this new...

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New menu guide helps you navigate Rainbow

New menu guide helps you navigate Rainbow

In Rainbow 12.1 we introduced a Menu button at the left of the Rainbow menu which displayed a small grid of all Rainbow's functions. This was to make it easier to see the subsidiary functions that are hidden in the drop-down menus under each main function. However, we...

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New installer system for Rainbow 12.4

New installer system for Rainbow 12.4

For 12 years Rainbow didn't have an installer; you had to install the add-in file (RainbowPro.xlam) yourself, which in fact you can still do. Then in 2013 we realised that not all spreadsheet users are techie types, and so we used some proprietary third-party software...

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