Awareness vs. retention: Copilot awareness is 57%, but only 21% of AI users engage monthly, far behind competitors’ retention rates. Excel-specific strengths: In Excel, Copilot can auto-generate ...

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Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can now do more on its own—actually taking over the business of creating and editing ...

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Math homework is one of those things that can go smoothly…right up until one tiny mistake turns the whole problem into chaos. Excel in Microsoft 365 is a surprisingly good math homework helper when ...

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It may be a surprise to learn that you can define names of cells in Microsoft Excel instead of using the letter and number combinations. This makes it friendlier to read and understand. For example, ...

When Andrew Grigolyunovich first started using Excel more than two decades ago, he never imagined the spreadsheet program would land him in Las Vegas or on ESPN. The Latvian financial consultant ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was always taught that one’s bread plate is placed to the left. Whenever I am with a large group at a table at a wedding (or another function), at least one person always takes ...

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...

Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of ...