After playing with Copilot in Excel for a while, I decided to throw a messy sales sheet at Copilot to see if it could ...

If you're not a Microsoft Excel power-user who has already divined many of the secrets of the ubiquitous spreadsheet software, trying to build a presentation of data therein can seem like a daunting ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could be an Excel wizard without putting in all the time and effort needed to learn how to get around Excel and make it do what you want it to do? Formulas are one of the ...

Excel’s formula bar has limitations that make writing, debugging, and managing complex formulas challenging. A new tool, the Advanced Formula Environment (AFE), developed by Microsoft for Excel 2019 ...

Discover 17 new Excel features and functions for 2026, so you track edits and data faster. Including auto-refreshing pivots ...

Studies, including those by spreadsheet researcher Raymond Panko, estimate that up to 90% of all spreadsheets contain at ...

While Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications, it’s also the most intimidating tool in the Microsoft Office suite. If you’ve never used Excel before or are just a bit ...

Q. Is there a list of standard Excel design rules we should be following as we create new Excel worksheets? A. By following a common set of spreadsheet design rules, companies can produce more ...

Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.