is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data ...

Microsoft on Thursday leaned more heavily into its support for “data types” within Excel, going beyond the staid concept of numbers and formulas to embrace a huge variety of elements that could reside ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Excel used to only allow two types of data: text and numbers.

Microsoft today announced that it is adding more than 100 new cloud-connected data types for Office Insiders on Windows and macOS. The types include topics such as Food, Chemistry, Space, and more.

Explains how to quickly import and manage real-time data in Excel using data types, highlighting steps and practical tips for ...