All details in this article are correct as of October 29, 2025. Accessibility to some of the latest Excel features depends on ...

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

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 ...

A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Microsoft today introduced “vibe working” with Agent Mode in Office Apps and Agent Mode in Copilot Chat. The basic premise will be familiar: These new agents will do work on your behalf, in this case ...

What if your daily tasks, those endless emails, dense spreadsheets, and never-ending presentations, could be handled faster, smarter, and with less effort? Enter Microsoft Copilot, a new generative AI ...

Without data, enterprise AI isn't going to be successful. Getting all the data in one place and having the right type of data tools, including connections to different types of databases is a critical ...

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and ...

Apple's Numbers spreadsheet for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, is not as powerful as Microsoft Excel, but most users will be hard-pressed to find its limitations — and will immediately see how much easier ...

Imagine opening Excel and no longer needing to wrestle with complex formulas or spend hours manually analyzing data. What if you could simply type a question, like “What are the top-performing ...

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 ...