Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...

Have you ever opened an Excel file and felt a pang of unease? Rows upon rows of data, cryptic formulas sprawled across cells, and a tangle of manual formatting that seems one misstep away from chaos.

It’s not for big data, but you can use Microsoft Excel to learn a lot more about analytics than you may realize. For many office workers, Microsoft Excel is simply the go-to spreadsheet application.

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