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Microsoft Excel's selection pane: The best tool you didn't know you had

There's a ghost in your Excel spreadsheet. It's that invisible text box you keep accidentally clicking, or the chart that ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
BBC

'LeBron James of spreadsheets' wins world Microsoft Excel title

Diarmuid took the Excel World Championship belt from three time winner Andrew Ngai Irishman Diarmuid Early emerged onto the HyperX arena in Las Vegas under the bright lights, dramatic music, and ...
Yahoo

Here’s What the Microsoft Excel Champion for 2025 Won

The Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025 wrapped up with yet another champion reigning supreme. This year’s champion beat out 23 Grand Final rivals at the Las Vegas HyperX Arena. The annual ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft says new Outlook can't open some Excel attachments

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...
Fox News

White House blasts MS NOW correspondent's 'beyond sick' reaction to DC shooting of National Guardsmen

The White House is taking aim at MS NOW correspondent Ken Dilanian over his initial reaction to Wednesday's shooting of National Guard troops in Washington D.C. Dilanian appeared during the network's ...
Yahoo

MS NOW's Ken Dilanian on DC Shooting: Some Americans 'Might Object' to People With Uniforms In Cities

MS NOW's Ken Dilanian said the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday happened as there are some Americans that might object to people walking around with uniforms in ...
Engadget

Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel

An illustration Anthropic commissioned to mark the release of Opus 4.5. (Anthropic) Hot on the heels of Google's Gemini 3 Pro release, Anthropic has announced an update for its flagship Opus model.
The Verge

Microsoft’s Office apps are getting even more free AI features

You don’t need to pay $30 per month for these latest Office AI features. You don’t need to pay $30 per month for these latest Office AI features. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...
ZDNet

Claude can integrate with Excel now - and gets 7 new connectors

Anthropic's Claude chatbot just got a suite of finance updates. Claude can draft financial reports, access new data, and more. AI is playing an increasingly central role in the financial sector.
Microsoft

Formulas, fandom and an AI-fueled future — Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years

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 ...