Replacing LET formulas with helper columns made my Excel workbooks easier to audit, adapt, and troubleshoot.

In brief: Microsoft is bringing Copilot's "agentic" mode to its Office productivity suite. With it, users will be able to provide instructions and let the system generate documents on their behalf.

Microsoft is rolling out a useful feature for Office users this week. The company has introduced Agent Mode inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, a more powerful version of the Copilot experience that ...

There's a growing trend towards people having two phones. This isn't about elicit or secretive activity, but a way to enjoy a better work-life balance, disconnecting from work during off hours by ...

These tricks show how AI tools, new import formulas, and classic features improve productivity. Excel has outlasted many tech trends, and in the age of AI, it remains very much in the mix. While new ...

If Excel AutoSave suddenly stopped working for workbooks stored in OneDrive or SharePoint after an Office/OneDrive update, the most common reason is that Excel is no longer treating the workbook as a ...

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...

Converting spreadsheets to PDFs is possible in just a few easy steps By doing this, you can ensure your data looks the same on every device You can also protect your work from unwanted edits or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lindsay Philips is a founder and change leader In 1979, a new tool called VisiCalc landed on finance desks. For the first time, ...

Q. I work with large spreadsheets. These spreadsheets have hundreds or even thousands of rows and often 10 or more columns. It’s so much to process that I become confused and make mistakes. Does Excel ...

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 ...