Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is ...
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I started using Microsoft Excel with Copilot and it's been a game-changer

After playing with Copilot in Excel for a while, I decided to throw a messy sales sheet at Copilot to see if it could ...
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Using Excel’s What-If Analysis with Data Table for data analysis

Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...

17 New Excel Features for 2026 to Speed up Your Work

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

Build Faster Excel Workflows Using FILTER, IFS, XLOOKUP, and LET for Real-World Data

Learn the difference between Excel COUNT and COUNTA, plus TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER tricks, so you clean text and totals with ...
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How CPAs can use exponential smoothing in Excel for better forecasts

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, ...
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Six Ways You Can Use AI With Excel

It's been nearly two years since ChatGPT changed the public's perception of AI, and yet the idea of using generative AI at work can still feel a bit like, well, cheating. While there are many ...
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Use Microsoft Excel data types to save unnecessary typing

If you’ve ever doing an assignment for work or study that requires you to display information about a country, you could manually search for it and type it out in Microsoft Excel, but that would be ...