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September 2016 updates for Get & Transform in Excel 2016 and the Power Query add-in
Today, the Excel team is pleased to announce two new data transformation and connectivity features that have been requested by many customers.
These updates are available as part of an Office 365 subscription. If you are an Office 365 subscriber,find out how to get these latest updates. If you have Excel 2010 or Excel 2013, you can also take advantage of these updates by downloading the latest Power Query for Excel add-in.
These updates include the following new or improved data connectivity and transformation features:
- Enhanced Web connector—support for specifying a Command Timeout via the UX.
- Enhanced CSV/Text connector—support for Fixed-Width delimited files.
Read more on Office Blogs.
- Hi, I wonder why Excel 2016 and Excel 365 are more and more drifting apart ?
Office 365 is a subscription and we provide continuous updates and new feature to it. Excel standalone is not a subscription and will only get security updates. Excel vNext will then catch up again with the 365 version. See for more info https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-the-difference-between-Office-365-and-Office-2016-ed447ebf-6060-46f9-9e90-a239bd27eb96?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
