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

The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally and mathematically correct. The SCAN function has three arguments: ...

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

Learn Microsoft Copilot basics, free and paid differences, and prompt tips to draft Outlook replies faster and summarize ...

I have a background that includes spreadsheets, programming, and electronics, so this book piqued my interest. I didn't run into any surprises until I thought a bit more about its contents and my ...

Microsoft Excel runs events using Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA, a programming language for writing macros. Events often run in response to direct user input, such as when a user fills a form ...

The company is adding some handy automation features to its web-based spreadsheet software. The company is adding some handy automation features to its web-based spreadsheet software. Microsoft has ...

Microsoft Excel lets you store and manipulate data for business or personal purposes. The tools within Excel give you the ability to interpret data sets, similar to the kinds of interpretation you ...

FORECAST.ETS applies an exponential triple smoothing (ETS) algorithm to create forecasts that can include trend and seasonal components. The syntax for the FORECAST.ETS is =FORECAST.ETS (target_date, ...

In a nutshell: Formulas are a must for incorporating math into spreadsheets, but using them in Microsoft Excel involves a learning curve and can become tedious. This latest update adds a bit of ...

Q. Is there a quick way in Excel to calculate the number of business days in a particular period? For example, a CPA preparing payroll may need to determine how many business days he or she has to ...

Windows may get all the attention, but when you want to get real work done, you turn to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, ...