January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
9h 49m
English
Content preview from Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work
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CHAPTER 9Copilot in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel can be one of the more daunting products within the Office suite, as it demands a high level of precision and care with the various formulas, numbers, etc. If you make a mistake, you can significantly affect the data being shown, which could have even more serious downstream consequences. This, along with the fact that many people get nervous when working with math, is what makes it a good candidate for an AI assistant.
In this chapter, you will learn how Copilot works within Excel. You will learn about some of the requirements for working with data and how you can use Copilot to complete complicated tasks, all with natural language.
Getting Started with Copilot in Excel
As just mentioned, Copilot will help you work with Excel. In this section, you will first learn how to set up your data to be Copilot-ready. Then, you’ll be introduced to basic data manipulation capabilities, including how to create columns based on formulas that Copilot will create for you. Next, we will dive into creating charts with Copilot and how to ask questions about your data. Finally, we will walk through a couple of ways you can use Copilot to format your data to meet your business needs.
Identifying a Dataset
Your first step to working with Copilot in Excel is to obtain a dataset—ideally, an Excel file with relevant data. However, if you do not have a dataset, an amazing website called Mockaroo (www.mockaroo.com) allows you to generate your ...
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