Excel updates

Get the latest Excel software update news here!

Find out about new features that can help you finish spreadsheets faster.

We cut through all the noise and let you know which new features can actually help you to finish spreadsheets faster.

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Latest updates

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  End of support for Wolfram data typesJune 12, 2023
  Excel has discontinued support for Wolfram data types.
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  Office Scripts arrives in Excel for Windows DesktopJanuary 25, 2023
  It’s here! Office Scripts, Excel’s latest automation tool, arrives in the main desktop version of Excel.
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  Data from picture: create a spreadsheet from a picture of dataJanuary 3, 2023
  It’s here! “Data from picture” saves you from manually entering data into spreadsheets.
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  Coming soon: Import spreadsheet data from an imageAugust 23, 2022
  This one will be super useful – it’s called “import data from picture” and it’s coming soon to a spreadsheet near you!
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  Excel JavaScript API and custom data typesNovember 4, 2021
  A busy day over at Ignite 2021 gives us an early look at a significant new feature in Excel that has the potential to have a huge impact in the coming years.
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  Office Scripts gets… buttonsNovember 4, 2021
  There’s a new way to launch a macro with Office Scripts!
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  Office Scripts in Excel arrives for everyone*May 28, 2021
  Office Scripts, the Next Big Thing for the long term future of automation in Excel, is now officially here. Well… sort-of. Read on for more information!
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  Conditional formatting improvementsApril 6, 2021
  Now you can duplicate conditional formatting rules and resize conditional formatting dialog boxes.
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  Unhide multiple worksheets at onceMarch 26, 2021
  Now you can unhide multiple sheets at once, thanks to the latest Excel software update.
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  Introducing the LAMBDA functionFebruary 1, 2021
  Now you can define your own re-usable functions with LAMBDA