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

If Excel is showing formulas instead of results on your Windows PC, check the cell format, turn off the 'Show Formulas' ...

Not everyone is an Excel spreadsheet expert and you may not always know how to write the formulas you need for a given data set. If you're having trouble figuring out the right formula for your data ...

Enable the Auto-Calculate option. Disable Show Formula option. Check the cell format. Check if the formula is entered correctly. Check for Circular References in the spreadsheet. If the spreadsheet ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

Excel formulas are powerful, but they have their limits. I used to rely on complex nested formulas that take forever to build and are difficult to troubleshoot, but I have started leaning more heavily ...

Q. I have an Excel workbook that contains many tabs. We have a “Total” tab, but the formulas to sum all of those tabs gets very complicated. Plus, new worksheets get added and the formulas have to be ...

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.