Excel first appeared on the Apple Macintosh in 1985. It sported a graphical interface from the start, unlike its text-based ...

Microsoft Excel turns 40 today, and the company has outlined plans for future updates set to transform how we work with data.

Microsoft Excel has turned 40 years old today, marking a milestone age for the trusted spreadsheet software. Initially ...

One of the most underused lookup and reference functions in Microsoft Excel is the DROP function. This powerful yet simple ...

If you're "vibe working" or "vibe writing" in Microsoft Word, you're doing the same thing, but with a text document: You're ...

Microsoft Copilot introduces Agent Mode in Office apps, enabling smarter document creation, analysis, and collaboration ...

The tech giant has brought a brand-new Agent Mode to Excel and Word to help office workers boost and speed up output, as well ...

Microsoft released new Excel features in September 2025 for Windows, Mac, iOS, and web users, with a focus on updates to the ...

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 ...

You’ve probably heard of vibe coding — novices writing apps by creating a simple AI prompt — but now Microsoft wants to ...

Available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users, the new agents will help you create, edit, and analyze your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

To try Agent Mode in Excel, you need to get the Excel Labs add-in and choose Agent Mode. In Word, you can just open Copilot ...