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Chapter 1

What’s new in Microsoft 365 Excel

Excel opens faster

Unhide multiple worksheets

Performance improvements

Stock data automatic refresh every five minutes

Show changes from last 60 days

Browse during Save As

Searching while opening workbooks

Find dialog box shows all options on open

Smooth scrolling for tall or wide cells

Arrange All in Windows 11

Collapsible tasks panes now support pivot tables

Accessibility tab in ribbon and the navigation pane

New Lambda helper functions

LAMBDA functions now support optional arguments

The ribbon has rounded edges

Image transparency

Save any object as picture

Write data using the Action Pen

Other new features

This chapter explains the new features introduced in Excel since the previous ...

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