Re: workshop physics excel tools

[Dennis Krause <kraused@WABASH.EDU>]

> Aaron and others--
>
> Version 5.1 of WPTools does work with the recent versions of Excel. I
> use it with Excel XP (a.k.a. Excel 2002). The tools are a LOT faster
> than using the native graphing in Excel.
>
> The catch is that you have to be sure that you enable macros in your
> excel worksheets. If you have gone overboard in your security settings
> (such as disabling all macros) then the WPTools won't work. (That's not
> too surprising--they're macros!)
>
> The download page at dickinson.edu is indeed broken. I'll let Priscilla
> know.
>
> JEG

There was, however, a problem with WPTools using Office 2000 on a
Macintosh.  Our local Excel guru discovered that the problem came
from a bug in the Mac version of Excel and provided a fix for us.  I
alerted Priscilla who had learned about this problem from someone
else and she had also produced a modified version.  I don't know if
she has posted it yet.


                                       Dennis

--
**************************************************************************
Dennis E. Krause                       Office:  Armory, Rm. 101B
Asst. Prof. of Physics, Chair          e-mail:  kraused@wabash.edu
Department of Physics                  Fax:     (765) 361-6340
Wabash College                         Phone:   (765) 361-6181
Crawfordsville, IN 47933

        http://www.wabash.edu/depart/physics/faculty/krause.html
**************************************************************************