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Old Excel functions you should stop using (and what to replace them with)

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only search in the leftmost column and return values to the right. If your lookup ...
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Excel’s INFO and CELL functions tell you what’s happening under the hood

While INFO tells you about your Excel environment, CELL digs into individual cells and returns details about their formatting ...
TechRadar

Microsoft Excel turned 40 and almost nobody noticed - world's most popular spreadsheet now faces tough competition from Google Sheets after crushing Lotus 1-2-3 and Borland ...

Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years as the spreadsheet that reshaped business and personal computing New AI-powered tools and creative communities extend Excel’s uses far beyond accounting Google ...
CNET

AI Can Now Help You Create Top-Grade Word Documents and Excel Spreadsheets

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...
SBS

Dreaming of spreadsheets and battling stage fright: Behind the world Excel championships

Image: A WWE-style oversized belt and people battling it out on stage. Welcome to the world of Excel championships. (SBS News / Karin Zhou-Zheng) Theme music. A championship belt. People fighting it ...
Fast Company

This startup is bringing AI to an Excel-style spreadsheet

Spreadsheet apps like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets are used worldwide to organize and analyze data, but getting the right information into them isn’t always straightforward. Businesses often need ...
AppleInsider

Inside Apple's Numbers - how it compares to Microsoft Excel

Apple's Numbers spreadsheet for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, is not as powerful as Microsoft Excel, but most users will be hard-pressed to find its limitations — and will immediately see how much easier ...
The Australian Financial Review

The Excel Files: The secret lives of spreadsheet superfans

The unlikeliest hobby? People are using spreadsheets for fun, and winning world championships along the way. Here’s how I got into the quirky world of data. Andrew “The Annihilator” Ngai won the World ...
The Age

Excelling at Excel: The spreadsheet world cup is anything but boring

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Forget slam dunks, penalty shootouts or gold medals. The most nerve-racking competition you’ve never heard of involves cells, formulas ...
The Verge

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...
GeekWire

Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft Excel’s new COPILOT function lets users generate, summarize, and analyze data directly in spreadsheet cells using plain-language prompts. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is building generative ...