Fix "fake" numbers, strip hidden web spaces, and join text professionally using Excel's built-in legacy and modern tools.

As Microsoft ramps up Copilot’s capabilities in Excel, the AI tool is becoming genuinely useful for spreadsheet work.

Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.

Business owners and their office managers or accountants often need to check formula cells in Excel spreadsheets for potential links to a preceding cell or cells ...

Q. Is there a way to conditionally format Excel so that my formulas automatically display a different font color? In this example, we have now successfully applied conditional formatting to cell A1, ...

Learning to use Excel worksheets like relational databases can help you save time, eliminating duplication when managing large projects. A relational database is useful because information resides in ...

Microsoft updates for Excel in January 2026 introduce Agent Mode with Copilot, new import tools, clearer error messages, Power Query on Mac and Web, and Office Scripts automation to ease daily tasks.

Q. I have an Excel workbook with dozens of custom-named worksheets. Is it possible to create a list of those worksheet names in Excel without having to retype them? A. Yes, you can create a list of ...