Widely shared Excel methods often ignore better tools that improve structure, automation, and maintainability.

Microsoft Excel has been the premier spreadsheet software for decades, since outdoing the once venerable Lotus 1-2-3, the first killer app for PCs in the 1980s. And Excel's dominance has yet to be ...

Yes, Copilot turns plain English into working formulas.

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Anthropic has upgraded its Claude AI model with new capabilities for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, marking a strategic move to expand its enterprise footprint and potentially challenging Microsoft’s ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Power Query used to be quite limited in Excel for the web, but Microsoft has now rolled out an update that brings the full experience to certain subscribers. Microsoft, in a recent announcement, said ...

Q. I use Excel to do traditional linear forecasting, but I would like to upgrade to exponential smoothing for more accurate forecasts. Is there a way to do this in Excel? A. Accurate forecasting is ...

On Monday, Anthropic announced Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model. It’s the last of Anthropic’s 4.5 series of models to be released, following the launch of Sonnet 4.5 in September and ...

Have you ever opened an Excel spreadsheet and felt instantly overwhelmed by its endless rows, columns, and cryptic formulas? You’re not alone. Many people see Excel as a labyrinth of complexity, ...

A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...