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I cleaned up a messy imported spreadsheet in minutes using an Excel tool I'd ignored for years

You don't need to fear imported spreadsheets anymore.
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Turn your Excel into an insight machine

Excel has grown into a powerful hub for data preparation, modeling, and automation. With tools like Power Query, Power Pivot, dynamic arrays, and Office Scripts, you can connect to multiple sources, ...
ZDNet

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

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CNET

Why Would a Business Need to Use a Proxy Server?

Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and ...
9to5Mac

Free Claude users can now use memory and import context from rivals

Anthropic is taking advantage of Claude’s recent increase in mindshare with a new memory import tool to encourage switching from competing AI chatbot systems. Claude’s memory feature is also available ...
New York Post

Desperate California importing oil from Bahamas using century-old loophole as state faces highest US gas prices

California is increasingly importing gasoline through the Bahamas — a workaround to a 106-year-old US shipping law that forces domestic fuel shipments onto costly American vessels. More than 40% of ...
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 ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using TEXTSPLIT to dissect Excel text strings

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
InfoWorld

Optimizing queries by using observability

In a modern enterprise data environment, the increasing volume of data, distributed architecture, and complex application dependencies challenge traditional query-tuning methods. Observability ...
PC Gamer

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

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