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.

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Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.

Excel now supports IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV functions that load external text and CSV files as dynamic arrays, making it easier to refresh and reuse frequently updated data inside a worksheet.

If you’ve ever doing an assignment for work or study that requires you to display information about a country, you could manually search for it and type it out in Microsoft Excel, but that would be ...

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Microsoft’s new Copilot function in Excel lets users generate, analyze and explain data directly from cell formulas, marking a major step toward full AI integration within spreadsheets. Microsoft’s ...

Excel’s newest Copilot integration finally delivers the data intelligence Microsoft promised years ago, transforming how users clean, organize and understand information within their spreadsheets. Way ...