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Excel Has a New Way of Explaining Formulas To You
Summary Excel's new "Explain Formula" feature provides AI-powered step-by-step breakdowns of formulas, making it easier to understand. The feature uses Copilot to give contextual explanations based on actual use cases, referencing data involved in the calculation. Users can access the explanation by right-clicking on the cell or engaging with Copilot…
The Best Lookup Functions in Excel: Examples, Pros, and Cons
There are many ways to find and retrieve data from a table or range based on a lookup value. In fact, because Microsoft often comes up with new, modernized alternatives, there are too many ways! So, here are the three I use the most Note All the examples in this article look…
Protect an Excel file
Excel for Office 365 Excel for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 Excel 2016 To prevent others from accessing data in your Excel files, protect your Excel file with a password. Note: This topic covers file-level protection only, and not workbook or worksheet protection. To learn the difference between protecting your Excel file, workbook,…