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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 ...
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7 Microsoft Excel tricks you probably didn't know

Press Ctrl+; to insert the current date. Press Ctrl+Shift+; to insert the current time. Press Ctrl+; > Space > Ctrl+Shift+; to insert the current date and time together in the same cell.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft says new Outlook can't open some Excel attachments

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that prevents some users from opening Excel email attachments in the new Outlook client. According to a service alert (EX1189359) seen by BleepingComputer ...
NOLA.com

Guest column: Good housing will be a key to New Orleans' future

How we confront our housing crisis will decide the future of New Orleans. Whether families can remain in their neighborhoods, whether businesses can attract and keep talent and whether our city grows ...
TechCrunch

Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations

On Monday, Anthropic announced Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model. It’s the last of Anthropic’s 4.5 series of models to be released, following the launch of Sonnet 4.5 in September and ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26.2 gives Freeform app brand new tables feature

iOS 26.2 beta 1 arrived earlier today, and it gives Apple’s Freeform app support for tables for the first time. Apple’s Freeform app is a sort of digital playground where you can pull together all ...
The New York Times

The Last Columns of Brooklyn Heights

A Greek Revival townhouse, the sole survivor of its row, heads to market after over half a century in the same family. A Greek Revival townhouse, the sole survivor of its row, heads to market after ...
ZDNet

Claude can integrate with Excel now - and gets 7 new connectors

Anthropic's Claude chatbot just got a suite of finance updates. Claude can draft financial reports, access new data, and more. AI is playing an increasingly central role in the financial sector.
Ars Technica

With new agent mode for Excel and Word, Microsoft touts “vibe working”

With a new set of Microsoft 365 features, knowledge workers will be able to generate complex Word documents or Excel spreadsheets using only text prompts to Microsoft’s chatbot. Two distinct products ...
The New York Times

Daily Caller Opinion Column ‘Explicitly’ Calls for Violence

The column, by editor at large Geoffrey Ingersoll, calls for “blood in the streets” in response to violence against conservatives. By Benjamin Mullin The Daily Caller, a prominent conservative online ...