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Microsoft's new in‑grid COPILOT function for Excel promises to eliminate tedious text work inside spreadsheets, yet Microsoft itself explicitly warns that the feature is not suitable for any task that requires accuracy, reproducibility, or regulatory compliance — a tension that will shape...

Microsoft has folded generative AI directly into Excel’s calculation engine with a native =COPILOT() formula that lets users type natural‑language prompts into cells, reference worksheet ranges for context, and receive live, spillable outputs that recalculate automatically when the source data...

For decades, spreadsheets have remained a backbone of digital work—universally relied upon yet often universally dreaded. From basic home budgeting to advanced corporate analytics, the likes of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets are woven tightly into daily operations for millions. Even today...

In Windows 10, and now Windows 11 Home, I use MS Notepad (.txt files) all the time for notes and simple letters. Along with Google Keep, for short temporary notes, very handy for copying tips off the Internet. But occasionally I want to create a .doc file, or to play around with some data to...

Hello, I am good with Excel, I create and manage large spreadsheets with algorimths. This question is not for me, this is for my friend. He has almost no skill or experience with Excel. He can barely use Excel, and he can successfully check his email most of the time. He wants to take a large...

I have always used Macs and now want a simple desktop for office related tasks like spreadsheets, printing documents and music. Here are the two options Lenovo - IdeaCentre A340-22IGM 21.5" Touch-Screen All-In-One - Intel Pentium Silver - 4GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive Link Removed Lenovo®...

Hi, I am trying to extract information from one program, then import it into Excel. Well, the format it is extracted is not the format that is what I need. So, I have been manually deleting all the unneeded rows. My question is there a macro or C-Plus program that can delete these rows for me...

Hi to everyone, This is my first post and my knowledge of Windows is basic to say the least! Looking to purchase a new desktop PC later today - with windows 10, however this will only be used for photo editing and spreadsheets, word processing and the like - won't require internet access at...

With new chart types and improvements to PivotTables and business intelligence (BI), Microsoft Excel 2016 makes it easier to work with large amounts of data and give it even more meaning. Unlock insights, and tell the story in your data by organizing it in spreadsheets (workbooks). View your...

I currently have a user who is running Office 365 Pro. There are multiple people in her group but she is the only one to have this problem. When she opens Excel, all the spreadsheets are white. If she minimizes the spreadsheet and then maximizes it she can see the spreadsheet with no problem. If...

What features have you found in Excel that would be useful to the management team? how would you use them?

After I installed the Windows 7 updates of 1/9/2013, DDE connectivity has been lost. I have an Excel 2010 spreadsheet with DDE connections to another running application; those DDE connections have worked for years prior to the most recent Windows updates. Screen shots of error messages are...

Data manipulation in Excel is easy… once you get your data into Excel. But what if it’s in different data sources? This is where PowerPivot, a free add-in for Excel, can help. With PowerPivot, you can hook up to multiple data sources, and work with hundreds of millions of rows of data. Watch how...

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Hello, When I open a Macro-Enabled speadsheet I get the security warning notification bar appearing but then when I click on the options button to enable the macros that choice is not available, (unlike when I do the same thing on a Vista machine). I have attached a copy of the dialogue boxes...