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A bit off topic, but are you sure Excel was the right tool for communicating with instruments, power point for simulating instrument front panel etc? I think LabVIEW or any other appropriate tool with Excel used for data presentation would have been better.

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Not sure it was the best, but they worked very well. Powerpoint with some automation code under the hood can be absolutely brilliant in a presentation. All of a sudden your presentation isn't just a bunch of slides but you have a real instrument's control panel come to life and be usable on slide 59 (or whatever).

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