Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.

Have you ever followed a YouTube tutorial, carefully copied an Excel formula, and hit “Enter,” only to be met with an error or baffling results? It’s a ...

Q. I am trying to create a formula in our accounting system, but I keep getting errors. What can I do to get the formula to work? A. All Excel users know how powerful formulas are, but sometimes it ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

AI Copilot in Excel helps clean dates, split columns, and add currency formats, so you save time and make faster, clearer decisions.

Create robust, backward-compatible Excel workbooks by leveraging the structural power of the ROWS function.

Select winners in Excel using classic INDEX formulas or modern CHOOSEROWS and TAKE combinations.

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