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How to Use AI in Excel 365 (And the Tool That’s Taking It Even Further)

Building a spreadsheet fully using AI with Excel 365 or Subset

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Which AI Can Create Excel Spreadsheets? Here’s What You Need to Know

Subset vs ChatGpt Spreadsheets vs Copilot Spreadsheets vs Gemini in Google Sheets

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AI Chat with Spreadsheet: Transforming how data analysis is done

ChatGPT for spreadsheets, Excel chat, or Cursor for Spreadsheets?

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Free Alternative to Microsoft Office

Mix and match software to create your own productivity suite for free.

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Why Subset is the Best Lightweight Spreadsheet for Mac Users

Subset is the perfect blend of Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel

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Apple Numbers vs Excel

How to choose between Apple Numbers vs Microsoft Excel

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How to Use F2 on Excel for Mac: A Comprehensive Guide

Go into system settings to make pressing f2 work.

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What apps to get after transitioning to a Mac

Apps to download when you switch to Mac

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AJ Nandi

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Top 5 Spreadsheets for Mac Users in 2025

Spreadsheet rankings based on ease of use in 2025

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A new direction for Subset

We’re shifting our efforts to building a no-frills, desktop-based, local-first spreadsheet

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How to use the OFFSET function

Bring your analysis to the next level with scenario analysis

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Spreadsheets Meet Coding

How the IF function works

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Excel for Mac Number Formatting Shortcuts

The better way to format numbers

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Writing Excel Formulas as a Mac User

It all starts with =

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How to Format Cells in Excel (if only Mac had this feature...)

Speed up your spreadsheet formatting process

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How to Audit Cells in Excel on Mac

It might become your most used shortcut

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Shortcuts and Navigation for Excel on Mac

Understanding spreadsheet basics on a Mac

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Jason Chan

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5 Essential Tips for Designing an Effective Spreadsheet

Designing an effective spreadsheet doesn't have to be so hard

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What's the Difference Between XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP in Excel?

A new more powerful alternative has dropped

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Spreadsheets on a canvas

The spreadsheet is the canvas

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The History of Spreadsheets

Starting with VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3

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Are spreadsheets a true programming language?

The most widely used programming language

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Building abstractions on spreadsheets

A deep dive into the power of a flexible medium for analysis

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How we realized we were overspending on software

Spreadsheets to help track software spend

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Avoid hiding columns and rows in a spreadsheet

What seems like a helpful feature may actually hurt your spreadsheets

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Why you should never merge cells in spreadsheets

Ruining the sacred A1 grid

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How cell reference locking works

The difference between =A1, =$A$1, =A$1, and =$A1

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The Problem With Most Apps

This could just be a spreadsheet

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How To Build a Time Series in Excel

What is an EOMONTH?

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Where are all the (online) spreadsheets?

Where is our central online repository of spreadsheets?

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Excel 2.0

A modern spreadsheet

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