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Old Excel functions you should stop using (and what to replace them with)

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only ...

8 New Excel AI Features : So Powerful You’ll Never Look at Spreadsheets the Same Way

Explore Excel’s new AI-powered tools and productivity features in the Fall 2025 update. Smarter, faster, and more intuitive ...
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How to Find & Replace Text Parts in MS Excel

Manually finding and replacing parts of text can be exceedingly tedious for lengthy Excel spreadsheets. Luckily, Microsoft included a couple of useful tools for locating text parts and replacing them ...
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5 Excel Custom Functions That Solve Everyday Problems

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel, wishing it could just do *that one thing* to make your work easier? Maybe you’ve spent hours manually replacing text, trying to filter data with ...
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How to Use VLOOKUP & Search Functions Together in Excel

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...
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Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft Excel’s new COPILOT function lets users generate, summarize, and analyze data directly in spreadsheet cells using plain-language prompts. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft is building generative ...