Latest Updates

In our last post we introduced the new Deep Structure function in Rainbow, which you’ll find on the menu under Summary Report. This lets you see at a glance which are the largest worksheets (tabs) in your workbook, and what sort of content each worksheet holds. And…

Did you know that there’s a completely different way of looking at an Excel spreadsheet? And that it can show you information that you didn’t know was there, helping you avoid disastrous errors like the leak of data about Afghan personnel in 2022 that was…

There’s been a Logic Map function in Rainbow for some time, showing you very useful information about which cells are inputs (i.e. other calculations depend on them, but they themselves are not calculated), which cells are workings (i.e. they are calculated, and…

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…

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…

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….

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…

Most of us know that sinking feeling of looking at an old spreadsheet where the sheets or the workbook structure are password-protected, and realising that we have absolutely no idea what is the correct password! And if you can’t unprotect some or all of the…

In Rainbow 12.2 we’ve focused on spreadsheet calculations, with two new features. One gives you precise control over how you run calculations, and the other lets you see how calculations are repeated throughout a spreadsheet. The new Calc Manager function lets…