As of April 2026, Microsoft Excel's Copilot has evolved beyond simple formula generation into a full 'Agent Mode' capable of multi-sheet reasoning and live data interpretation. This shift means a ...

Calculate the difference between two values in your Microsoft Excel worksheet. Excel provides one general formula that finds the difference between numbers, dates and times. It also provides some ...

Have you ever struggled to sort data in Excel in a way that truly fits your needs? Imagine trying to organize a list of regions not alphabetically, but in a specific order like “North, South, East, ...

re working with Excel you will use a calculation that is not available as a built-in Excel function. If you make this calculation repeatedly, you can save having to write the calculation each time you ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new feature called LAMBDA for Excel, which allows users to create custom functions based on Excel formulas. These functions are reusable and support recursion. Microsoft has ...

Microsoft is still finding ways to inject drama into spreadsheets. The Verge points out that Microsoft is giving Excel support for custom live data types, expanding the content you can include well ...

Before we go further, it is important to note that this is just a proof of concept and to even use custom functions in Excel, you first need to be using the Office Insider version of Excel and to ...

Have you ever stared at an Excel spreadsheet, overwhelmed by its complexity, and thought, “There must be a better way to do this”? You’re not alone. Despite being one of the most widely used tools for ...

My weekly spreadsheet audit is gone, and I haven't missed it once.