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How to Use the VALUE Function in Microsoft Excel

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.
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Importance of Excel for Quantity Surveyors

In today’s competitive construction environment, time and accuracy matter more than ever. For quantity surveyors (QS), spreadsheets remain one of the most accessible, flexible, and cost-effective ...
Redmondmag.com

The New Copilot Function Vastly Improves Microsoft Excel, Part 1

Excel’s newest Copilot integration finally delivers the data intelligence Microsoft promised years ago, transforming how ...
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Old Excel functions you should stop using (and what to replace them with)

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only search in the leftmost column and return values to the right. If your lookup ...
GitHub

Using LAMBDA functions

EPPlus supports Lambda functions from version 8.2. With Lambda functions you can define custom reusable formulas directly in the workbook, without needing VBA or external code. From version 8.2, ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft to lessen reliance on OpenAI by buying AI from rival Anthropic

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and ...
Reuters

Microsoft to use some AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI, the Information reports

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab will pay to use Anthropic's technology for some AI features in Office 365 apps, the Information reported on Tuesday, in a sign that the software ...
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Use DuckDB within Excel with the xlDuckDb addin.

DuckDB is an amazing tool with deep integration with Python and R, but sometimes you just need data in Excel. xlDuckDb allows DuckDB SQL to be run within Excel. Query results are returned as regular ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Software Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October—and it seems like there's no way ...
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 ...
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Microsoft Excel Adds New AI-Powered ‘COPILOT’ Function

Manage all AI prompts from one structured library with WinBuzzer Prompt Station. Use prompt-chains, prompts, text insertions with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, AI Studio, Mistral. With versioning, ...