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March 2026

How To Geek

How to create and use Custom Lists in Microsoft Excel

Automate repetitive data entry and fix broken sorting hierarchies using Excel's powerful, hidden Custom Lists tool.

Mar 31, 2026
How To Geek

How to use and read box and whisker charts in Microsoft Excel

Simple column charts can hide the truth of your data, but box plots tell the full story.

Mar 27, 2026
How To Geek

5 Microsoft Excel hacks that could blow your mind

Impress your coworkers with these nifty tricks.

Mar 23, 2026
How To Geek

6 ways to recover "lost" work in Microsoft Excel

Recover lost Excel work quickly using built-in tools, AutoRecover, cloud version history, previous versions, or temporary file backups.

Mar 17, 2026
How To Geek

How to use the ISOMITTED function in Microsoft Excel

Build flexible Excel functions that automatically handle blanks, defaults, and overrides without messy nested IFs.

Mar 15, 2026
How To Geek

How to use the MAKEARRAY function in Microsoft Excel

Switch from manual entries to automated generators that keep your spreadsheets clean, consistent, and error-free.

Mar 15, 2026
TechRepublicTech Media

Anthropic’s Claude Now Connects Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint Workflows

Anthropic upgraded Claude’s Excel and PowerPoint add-ins with shared context, reusable Skills, and cross-app workflows for business users. The post Anthropic’s Claude Now Connect

Mar 12, 2026
TechRadarTech Media

Claude can now share context across Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, letting you 'work with a higher degree of efficiency and quality'

Anthropic partners with Microsoft to bring Claude directly to your Excel and PowerPoint workflows.

Mar 12, 2026
CNETTech Media

Claude Now Integrates More Closely With Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Anthropic's AI assistant can now keep a single continuous conversation across both tools.

Mar 11, 2026
TechRadarTech Media

This 'fascinating' Microsoft Excel security flaw teams up spreadsheets and Copilot Agent to steal data

There's more than one way to skin an Excel table, and this one abuses Copilot.

Mar 11, 2026
How To Geek

How to use Power Query in Microsoft Excel

Transform messy spreadsheets, remove errors, and refresh tables automatically without writing a single formula.

Mar 11, 2026
ForbesMajor Publication

Critical 0-Click Microsoft Excel Security Bug Lets Copilot Steal Data

Excel users are warned to update now, as a critical vulnerability has been confirmed that can lead to “zero-click information disclosure” via Copilot AI Agent.

Mar 11, 2026
The Register AI-ML

Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack

Could steal sensitive personal and financial data After a whopper of a Patch Tuesday last month, with six Microsoft flaws exploited as zero-days, March didn't exactly roar in like a

Mar 10, 2026
Neowin

EU forced to add open document option after criticism over Microsoft Excel template

LibreOffice's developer slammed the EU for using an Excel template for CRA feedback. It didn't take long for the situation to

Mar 10, 2026
Newsbytes

ChatGPT can now work with Microsoft Excel

OpenAI has announced the launch of a new add-in for Microsoft Excel, bringing its AI assistant directly into spreadsheets.

Mar 7, 2026
Neowin

LibreOffice calls out EU officials for using Microsoft Excel, ignoring ODF

The Document Foundation is back with a new target: the European Commission. It is calling the body out for using Microsoft Excel while igno

Mar 6, 2026
FirstPost

OpenAI brings ChatGPT to Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, here is how to enable it

OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT directly into spreadsheets. The new Excel add-in lets users analyse data, build models and run scenarios using simple prompts, with Google Sheets support expected soon.

Mar 6, 2026
VentureBeatTech Media

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

The AI updates aren&#x27;t slowing down. Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has <a href="http

Mar 5, 2026

February 2026

Toolradar Research

See Microsoft Excel in context: The SaaS Press Index 2026

We analyzed 6,704 press mentions across 290 outlets to rank which SaaS tools win coverage. Find Microsoft Excel's position relative to the 488 most-covered tools.

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