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Microsoft 365 Copilot now acts directly in documents

Microsoft has upgraded its 365 Copilot with new agentic abilities that allow it to directly edit live documents in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, moving beyond its earlier passive role. The integration ...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot now edits documents directly, but gaps remain

Microsoft has upgraded its 365 Copilot to actively edit live documents in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, moving beyond its earlier passive suggestion role. Tests show improved workflows and ...
PCMag

I'll Make You a Spreadsheet Pro. Try My 50 Favorite Excel Tricks

As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...
Business Insider

Anthropic pushes Claude into Excel and PowerPoint, escalating AI battle with Microsoft and OpenAI

Anthropic is embedding AI more deeply in popular work software tools. Claude AI now integrates with Excel, PowerPoint, and Slack, enhancing enterprise productivity. Anthropic challenges Microsoft, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI

FTC Ratchets Up Microsoft Probe, Queries Rivals on Cloud, AI The Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg By Josh Sisco, Dina Bass, and Matt Day ...
Search Engine Land

What Google and Microsoft patents teach us about GEO

Generative engine optimization (GEO) represents a shift from optimizing for keyword-based ranking systems to optimizing for how generative search engines interpret and assemble information. While the ...
Geeky Gadgets

Power Query Isn’t Required: New Excel Functions Handle Straightforward Sources Cleanly

Have you ever felt like importing data into Excel is more complicated than it needs to be? Below My Online Training Hub walks through how Microsoft’s latest Excel functions, `IMPORTCSV` and ...
Neowin

Power Query is now fully available in Excel for the web

Power Query used to be quite limited in Excel for the web, but Microsoft has now rolled out an update that brings the full experience to certain subscribers. Microsoft, in a recent announcement, said ...
Neowin

Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...
Business Insider

I won the Microsoft Excel World Championship. Here's what every office worker should know about Excel.

Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He told Business Insider his Excel advice for everyday office workers. Early runs an Excel advising firm. He refined his ...
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Spreadsheets Get Intense in Viral Clips from the Microsoft Excel Championships

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship finals were held in Las Vegas on Dec. 2 and 3 Excel Esports/YouTube The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship finals were held in Las Vegas on Dec. 2 to 3 ...