This guide shows you steps to use the Automatic Data Type feature in Microsoft Excel. Use it and automatically add details to several types of data without needing a web browser.

Microsoft is bringing new kinds of AI-enabled data types to Excel, starting with geography and stocks. Up next: Companies' own organizational data.

The Food Data Type converts cells with food to nutrition details. Learn how to use Food Data Type in Excel to get calorie & nutrition facts.

You can convert text in Excel to linked data types. This is referred to as “linked” data types because the data is connected to an online data source.

Microsoft expands Excel's real-time "data types" by adding support for your data, as well as hundreds of sources from Wolfram Alpha.

Microsoft is bringing custom data types to Excel. Businesses and consumers will be able to import structured data into a single cell and reference it throughout a spreadsheet.