Discover 15 modern Excel functions for 2026, including Group By and Scan, so you speed up your workflows, summaries and ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at rows and rows of budget and actual data, wondering how to make sense of it all? You’re not alone. Budget versus actual analysis is one of those tasks that feels ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s January 2026 update puts Excel back in the spotlight. After a brief pause late last year, the company has resumed its monthly feature recap, and thi ...

Q. Traditional PivotTables have always intimidated me. I see there is a new Excel function called PIVOTBY. What is the difference between it and the traditional PivotTable? With the PIVOTBY function, ...

In this video, we explore the new COPILOT function in Excel, which requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot License. This feature allows users to replace complicated formulas with simple prompts, such as ...

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.

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that can be used for data manipulation. To make the most of the software, you need to use VBA. Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA, allows Excel users to create ...

Move beyond the basics of sums and averages. These tips open up all kinds of opportunities for working with spreadsheet data. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Sept. 2012 and the ...

From Power Query to the Data Model, here are the five architectural gaps that keep me paying for Microsoft 365.