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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 ...

How to change the date format in Microsoft Excel to make the program write dates in a certain way

It's easy to change the date format in Microsoft Excel. You just need to use the "Date" drop-down menu, which gives you ...
CFO.com

Happy 40th birthday, Excel — CFOs reflect on its lasting role in finance

Four decades after its debut, finance chiefs say Excel’s consistency, flexibility and shared language keep it central to ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Formatting Numbers as Percentages in Excel Is Frustrating—But Here's an Easy Fix

To do this, with the 1% cell still copied, select the cells containing the values you want to convert from whole numbers into percentages. If your data is formatted as an Excel table, hover over the ...

Microsoft makes it even easier to cheat at your job with AI agents in Office

Thanks to Agent Mode in Excel and Docs, all you have to do is describe the task at hand, and you will have a well-formatted ...

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

Available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users, the new agents will help you create, edit, and analyze your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
TechRadar

Forget Microsoft Excel pain - Google Sheets can now tell you exactly why your formulas failed

Google is finally making Gemini help you with your formulas in Sheets It’ll understand what went wrong and take action to fix it Gemini will also explain formulas to help you adapt them Google is ...
PC World

Microsoft Excel now uses AI to auto-suggest formulas in real time

Wouldn’t it be great if you could be an Excel wizard without putting in all the time and effort needed to learn how to get around Excel and make it do what you want it to do? Formulas are one of the ...
CNET

Claude Can Now Spin Up Spreadsheets, Reports and Slide Decks Directly in Chat

Anthropic is pushing Claude further beyond text-based answers. The AI chatbot can now generate and edit files, including Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs, directly ...
Yahoo

Formula makers have been hiding the truth — and endangering the tiniest babies | Opinion

I began my career as a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In this role, I assisted in administering care to hundreds of premature babies and at-risk infants. In the NICU, details matter ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Software Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October—and it seems like there's no way ...
Analytics Insight

How Excel’s AI Copilot Is Changing Formula Writing for Analysts?

No more struggling with complex syntax—simply describe what you need in plain English and let Copilot do the work AI Copilot in Excel lets analysts write formulas in plain English instead of complex ...