Microsoft has quietly folded generative AI into Excel’s calculation engine with a native worksheet function — =COPILOT(...) — that accepts plain‑language prompts, reads cell ranges as context, and returns live, spillable outputs directly into the spreadsheet grid. Early previews show it can...
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Microsoft has quietly moved generative AI from the Copilot side‑pane into Excel’s calculation engine itself, with a new COPILOT function that lets you call Copilot from any cell, pass natural‑language prompts and cell ranges as context, and receive live, recalculating outputs that behave like...
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Microsoft’s latest update to Python in Excel adds image objects as first-class inputs to Python formulas, letting users drop a picture into a cell and run Python code against it from the worksheet grid — no external tools, no moving files around. This change turns Excel into a lightweight...
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The promise of seamlessly blending Python with Excel has electrified the data analytics world, presenting a radical shift from formula-ridden spreadsheets to Python-powered workbooks on Microsoft 365. While spreadsheet users have long relied on a patchwork of formulas and occasional VBA scripts...
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Microsoft Excel, arguably the most battle-tested spreadsheet tool used by number crunchers far and wide, has been continually evolving for decades like your favorite pop culture sequel. The latest updates announced for 2025 carry the momentum of significant gains made in 2024—putting a spotlight...
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