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AC/DC Video In Excel

Here's a first: AC/DC Music Video Distributed as Excel Spreadsheet.

Phil Clandillon and Steve Milbourne, who work at a digital design boutique division of Sony/BMG in London, have put together what they call "the world's first music video in Excel format," for AC/DC.

They decided on this unusual format because they wanted the video to penetrate even the most Draconian corporate firewalls. After all, who can't receive an Excel spreadsheet?

Download the XLS file here. Does not work in Excel for Mac.

The VBA project is not protected, so you can take a look at the macros. The workbook has an embedded WAV file, but the "video" is not real video. Disable the Worksheet_SelectionChange procedure in the Sheet1 module and select the B2:J20 merged range while it's playing. Unhide column Q and change the background color to see where the "frames" are coming from.

(Thanks Patrick Crosley)