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Excel's new Copilot function turns your prompts into formulas - how to try it

On Monday, the company announced that its Copilot AI is now available as an Excel function for Microsoft 365 insiders. That means you can add COPILOT to a formula and then use natural language in a ...
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Excel is getting a new feature that lets you just explain what formula you want

Sometimes you just want to tell Excel what it is you want your formula to do. It'd be a lot easier if you could just say "sort this data in ascending order and find its average" i ...

Here are all the new features Microsoft added to Excel in August 2025Here are all the new features Microsoft added to Excel in August 2025Here are all the new features ...

Microsoft added a bunch of useful capabilities to Excel this month, including one that was highly requested by customers.

There wasn’t enough Copilot in Excel, so Microsoft added more

If you’re just dying to talk to Copilot within Excel, good news: Copilot is now a traditional Excel function within Excel for ...

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to ...
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Clueless about how to write Excel formulas? Use AI - PCWorld

Writing Excel formulas isn't easy if you don't speak the language. Fortunately, at least two sites will translate your request, in English, into Excel code.
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Excel not highlighting Cells in formula [Fix] - The Windows Club

A new code module window will appear. Type or copy-paste the following code in the window: Sub Highlight_Cells_in_Excel_Formula() Application.EditDirectlyInCell = True End Sub Press F5 or the Run ...