{"id":1686,"date":"2013-02-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vm-officeblogs.cloudapp.net\/2013\/02\/20\/and-the-winner-isyou-use-the-oscars-ballot-predictor\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:25:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:25:44","slug":"and-the-winner-isyou-use-the-oscars-ballot-predictor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/and-the-winner-isyou-use-the-oscars-ballot-predictor\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is\u2026you! Use the Oscars Ballot Predictor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t have time to watch all the Oscar-nominated movies, but want the inside scoop on the likely winners? Try the new Oscars Ballot Predictor app, which brings a bit of Hollywood fun to Excel 2013 and gives you a competitive edge at your Oscars party. <\/p>\n

The interactive app lets you see the Oscar nominees, vote for your picks, and check out the predicted winners in each of the 24 categories. Your selections are recorded on a printable ballot sheet that you can take to your Oscars party to compare with your friends’ choices and see how your odds stack up.<\/p>\n

The Ballot Predictor is an Excel app that uses predictive modeling from PredictWise.com to estimate the nominees’ chances of winning. The Excel workbook features the following three worksheets: <\/p>\n