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8 Excel tricks that I wish I knew when I had just started using it

Excel isn't hard, just learn the right tricks early enough.
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Between the sheets at the college Excel championships

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Accounting Spreadsheet Example for Businesses

Learn how accounting spreadsheets work with real examples of journals plus when to switch to accounting software. Accounting often starts simple: a few transactions, a basic spreadsheet, and a clear ...
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Automating String Processing in Spreadsheets using Input-Output Examples

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Excel tip: Define cell names to cut errors and speed up your formulas

It may be a surprise to learn that you can define names of cells in Microsoft Excel instead of using the letter and number combinations. This makes it friendlier to read and understand. For example, ...
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Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical RE examples

If you work with strings in your Python scripts and you're writing obscure logic to process them, then you need to look into regex in Python. It lets you describe patterns instead of writing ...
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A Brief History Of The Spreadsheet

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you are talking about an Excel spreadsheet, and if not, at least a program ...
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Flip the Script: Write the Tests, Let AI Write the Implementation

I am a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, where I build AI-driven enterprise solutions that integrate LLM. I am a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, where I build AI-driven ...
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Anthropic rolls out Claude AI for finance, integrates with Excel to rival Microsoft Copilot

Anthropic is making its most aggressive push yet into the trillion-dollar financial services industry, unveiling a suite of tools that embed its Claude AI assistant directly into Microsoft Excel and ...
ZDNet

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

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.
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Microsoft Excel’s New COPILOT Function: AI Inside Your Spreadsheet

Microsoft has rolled out a game-changing update for Excel: the COPILOT function. This new AI-powered formula brings natural language capabilities directly into spreadsheets, enabling users to analyze, ...