Excel gives the answer 10. If you have a mathematical background, you’ll know why Excel gives a different answer to such a simple calculation — and why, technically, Excel is right. If you don’t have ...

As a writing teacher, I’m bewildered by challenges facing both students with the writing process and teachers desperately trying to impart tips in an effort to make it easier. From writing prompts to ...

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...

What if you could write Excel formulas that practically think for themselves—automatically adjusting to changes in your data without endless tweaking? With the introduction of the dot operator and the ...

Ever been tasked with writing to accomplish a specific objective? It sounds like an easy job, but when you sit down to actually start writing, you think, “Isn’t there some sort of road map I should be ...

Re “The Lobotomized Weasel School of Writing,” Commentary, May 20: I vehemently disagree with Crispin Sartwell’s characterization of the five-paragraph essay as “hoo-ha.” While he explains that ...