You can convert text in Excel to linked data types. This is referred to as “linked” data types because the data is connected to an online data source.

Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data types. Excel users have been using Microsoft’s spreadsheet tool for decades to import, organize, and analyze data, but ...

Working with Excel's New Data Types Microsoft has started to roll out a new feature that promises to turn Excel into a much more valuable data-surfacing tool than ever before. Here's how it works ...

I think Excel's newfound ability to recognize new data types and to provide supplementary data is easily the most significant feature to be added to Excel in the last 20 years.

The Food Data Type converts cells with food to nutrition details. Learn how to use Food Data Type in Excel to get calorie & nutrition facts.

Soon, Excel will also let you bring in your own data types. That means you can have a “customer” data type, for example, that can bring in rich customer data from a third-party service into Excel.

Microsoft is bringing new kinds of AI-enabled data types to Excel, starting with geography and stocks. Up next: Companies' own organizational data.

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.

Using Excel's number format tool means you can ensure your spreadsheet both looks the part and handles your data exactly how you want it to. In this article, I'll explain what each number format ...