Right now, I'm working off one of Microsoft's infamous giant press releases. The company has a tendency to do brain dumps in press release form, so we both have to sift through the release to give you ...

Whether your company uses Excel for payroll and accounting purposes, project management or data collection, being able to automate common processes is hugely beneficial. Excel features a macro ...

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

I've been treating Excel like a glorified calculator for most of my life. Sure, formulas made doing more complex calculations easier and automatically updated data, and there are free Excel templates ...

Q. I noticed there is a new tab in my Excel 365 called Automate. What does this do? A. There is an Automate tab available in Microsoft 365, Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac, and Excel for the web. The ...

Microsoft is considering adding Python as one of the official Excel scripting languages, according to a topic on Excel's feedback hub opened last month. Since it was opened, the topic has become the ...

I've been working on a Windows Scripting Host/VBS script to grab some logfiles from disparate remote servers, and then dissect/parse/report those logs into an Excel spreadsheet. (roll your own ...

<br><br>If that's not clear, here's a screenshot of what I mean. I happen to be viewing that in Excel 2007 but they're using E2k3. This grouping/"outline" is an Excel thing.<br><br>This was generated ...

Microsoft updates for Excel in January 2026 introduce Agent Mode with Copilot, new import tools, clearer error messages, Power Query on Mac and Web, and Office Scripts automation to ease daily tasks.

Sometimes you need to scan some files for a piece of data like a string, phrase or some number, and one of those files just happens to be an Excel spreadsheet. You could open up the file, launch the ...