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.
Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.
Microsoft adds IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV to Excel, letting users pull text files directly into the grid with simple formulas.
After a brief pause at the end of last year, Microsoft is back with its monthly feature recap, sharing what changed across its productivity apps in January 2026. And this time, the spotlight is on ...
What if I told you that the tools you’ve relied on for years, VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP, might actually be holding you back? Sure, they’ve been the go-to formulas for countless Excel users, but as datasets ...