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The simple Excel function that decides if your formula spills or returns one value

For decades, Excel worked on a simple principle: you enter a formula into one cell, and it returns a single result into that ...

This Microsoft Excel Easter egg led to a wild conspiracy theory that Bill Gates was the Antichrist

Essentially, the email wields the Easter egg as evidence that Microsoft is concealing secret, Satanic messages inside its ...
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The hidden costs of whole-column references in Excel: Learn 3 alternatives to optimize your workbook's performance

Whole-column references in Excel are silent performance killers, often forcing the program to manage a range of over a ...

I discovered a hidden Excel trick that turned my spreadsheet into Christmas magic

Here's how to create your own animated Christmas tree in Excel: Open up a new spreadsheet. Click the triangle button in the ...

How to save money at Disney and Universal in 2026 (and what not to skip)

Theme park trips aren’t cheap, but smart planning can save families thousands at Disney and Universal in 2026.

This Ridiculously Detailed Spreadsheet Has Helped Me Stick to My New Year’s Resolutions for Five Years

From the most thorough travel plans to your fitness journey, if you have a goal, that goal needs a spreadsheet tab. It’s a ...

I lead Microsoft’s enterprise AI agent strategy. Here’s what every company should know about how agents will rewrite work

History shows that breakthrough technologies don’t just slot into existing systems, they make us rethink those systems ...