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Microsoft is weaving its AI assistant deeper into the Office experience by rolling Copilot Chat and agent capabilities directly into core Microsoft 365 apps — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote — bringing a unified, in-context chat pane and a raft of new tools aimed at turning an AI...

Microsoft’s latest update quietly pulls a dramatic change into Excel’s typing box: AI-driven formula completion that suggests, explains, and can even preview formulas the moment you type “=”, folding natural-language Copilot capabilities into one of the oldest—and most error-prone—workflows in...

Microsoft has quietly changed one of Excel’s oldest conventions: now you can call an AI assistant from inside a worksheet cell the same way you call SUM or VLOOKUP — with a new COPILOT function that accepts plain‑language prompts, references ranges and tables, and returns dynamic, spillable...

Microsoft has put generative AI directly into the cell grid: the new COPILOT function lets users type plain‑English prompts into Excel formulas and returns live, spillable outputs — summaries, classifications, tables and more — that update automatically as the underlying data changes. This...

Microsoft has quietly moved one of the most consequential AI experiments of the last year from a sidebar into the very fabric of Excel: the new COPILOT function lets users write plain‑language prompts directly in a cell and receive AI‑generated results that behave like any other formula in the...

Microsoft has quietly — and deliberately — taken the next step in turning Excel from a grid of formulas into a conversational interface by embedding a native =COPILOT function that lets users type natural-language prompts directly into cells and have generative AI return live, recalculating...

Microsoft’s Copilot is coming to the rescue of night‑owl spreadsheet authors: the AI can now explain the formulas buried in your workbook, breaking down what each part does and why the output looks the way it does — and it does this inside the sheet so you never have to leave your workflow...

In the fast-evolving landscape of productivity software, Microsoft Excel remains at the forefront by constantly advancing its capabilities to meet the demands of both casual and power users. As of July 2025, Microsoft has rolled out a range of new features aimed at streamlining workflows...

Microsoft Excel has introduced a suite of new features in April 2025, enhancing user experience across Windows, Mac, and web platforms. These updates focus on integrating advanced technologies like AI and Python, improving usability, and bolstering security measures. Copilot Enhancements A...

A question: I have a cell in excel with date format DD-MM-YYYY. This cell has a date for example 19-4-2023. I have another cell with the format YYYY-MM-DD How can I automatically convert the date 19-4-2023 to 2023-4-19? Thanks José Paiva

I'm working on my schedule and need a little assistance. 1. I'm trying to add in total hours on a separate column. 2. I want o's to equal 8 hour shifts, d's=8, D's=12 hrs etc etc and can't figure out how to get them to add. 3. How do I get them to add up at the end? I've checked every youtube...

Hello all. I have no programing knowledge at all. Yea, i have taken a single intro class to java but that dos not go well and that was years ago. First, ill explain what o do have and it works. In excel, i jave in column A1:A95 names of common materials such as aisi 1020 steel, alm 7025 t6...

From cell A2 through A660, I'm trying to catalog some football cards. my problem: to prevent myself from typing duplicate names, can I do a formula so that say Former Detroit lions player Jerry Ball, doesn't get duplicate names under player name? So is there a formula so as to prevent me...

I have a combination Check Register/Expenses Excel 2010 Workbook. I would like to add a new Sheet (for 2013) which retains formulas, but has no content. How do I do this? I tried just copying 2012 into a new sheet for 2013, but when I try to delete the content, all the formulas also disappear...

What is the Rating Formula For Windows 8 app???

We work for ITO-Client-Management team. There are some issues while using the MS-Excel 2010 which we work on daily basis. File size is 12.5MB and has 42600 plus rows and 17 columns. 1st ISSUE: When a formula (i.e.: COUNTIF, VLOOKUP) is run, it takes lot of time (30min) for compilation. The...