Excel now supports IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV functions that load external text and CSV files as dynamic arrays, making it easier to refresh and reuse frequently updated data inside a worksheet. The ...

Merge lists even with typos and inconsistent names. Tune the similarity threshold, use a transform table, and audit results ...

Power Query in Excel is a powerful tool designed to streamline the process of importing, cleaning, and transforming external data. It enables you to prepare datasets for analysis efficiently, saving ...

Excel gets a host of new features in January 2026 ...

Microsoft announced this week that's it's now possible for Office 365 users to import table data from Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files into the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program. The ...

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Microsoft Access supports direct import of spreadsheet data from files you've created in Microsoft Excel or saved as XLS or XLSX files in another application capable of creating Excel-compatible ...

Microsoft recently added a new optical character recognition feature to Excel that lets users import data from a photograph taken from a smartphone. Here's how to use it. I first started using ...

Calendars are useful, but sometimes you have to move events around to get them into the appropriate calendar. For instance, you might have an Excel spreadsheet containing calendar entries that belong ...