Kenji Explains on MSN

I transformed Excel visuals into art

In this video, learn to create five advanced Excel visuals to enhance your presentations: 1. A column chart where negative ...
How-To Geek on MSN

How to use the SCAN function in Microsoft Excel to calculate running totals

The SEQUENCE part creates a dynamic list of numbers (1, 2, 3...) that corresponds to the row index. For example, in the fifth row, the sequence returns the number 5. By dividing (/) the running total ...
Los Angeles Times

Here’s how Trump gets away with using dubious numbers

Much attention has been focused on Donald Trump’s use of words — that is, his peculiar style of oratory. But more attention should be paid to another feature of his discourse: his use of numbers.
NBC News

The biggest Formula 1 race in years is Sunday. Here's how three drivers could win the championship.

There’s nothing more exciting in Formula 1 than a championship-deciding final race. Think of it as a Game 7 of the NBA Finals that hinges on the final moment of the fourth quarter or a Super Bowl that ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Is More Likely to Cause a Labor Shortage. Here’s Why.

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...
Microsoft

Formulas, fandom and an AI-fueled future — Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years

When Andrew Grigolyunovich first started using Excel more than two decades ago, he never imagined the spreadsheet program would land him in Las Vegas or on ESPN. The Latvian financial consultant ...
Engadget

Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In ...
ZDNet

Excel's new Copilot function turns your prompts into formulas - how to try it

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...
qualitysafety.bmj

Cluster randomised evaluation of a training intervention to increase the use of statistical process control charts for hospitals in England: making data count

Background The way that data are presented can influence quality and safety initiatives. Time-series charts highlight changes but do not clarify whether data lie outside expected variation.
The Verge

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...
Computer Weekly

How Australian firms are using graph databases

Neo4j, the graph database from the US-Swedish company of the same name, is used by 76% of the Fortune 100, and its Australian customers include organisations in the healthcare, policing and banking ...