Vista completely revamped the old, resource-heavy Indexing Service that earlier versions of Windows used to locate files. The Vista indexing engine, which is still in use today, can scan file names, ...

You’ve probably heard of vibe coding — novices writing apps by creating a simple AI prompt — but now Microsoft wants to ...

Microsoft Excel turns 40 today, and the company has outlined plans for future updates set to transform how we work with data.

Microsoft said Agent Mode in Excel and Word is being made available today for business customers with Microsoft 365 Copilot ...

When Andrew Grigolyunovich first started using Excel more than two decades ago, he never imagined the spreadsheet program would land him in Las Vegas or on ESPN.   The Latvian financial consultant ...

If you're "vibe working" or "vibe writing" in Microsoft Word, you're doing the same thing, but with a text document: You're ...

Microsoft is rolling out new AI features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of what it calls “vibe working.” The updates ...

To try Agent Mode in Excel, you need to get the Excel Labs add-in and choose Agent Mode. In Word, you can just open Copilot and select Agent Mode from the menu below the prompt box. The feature will ...

Microsoft released new Excel features in September 2025 for Windows, Mac, iOS, and web users, with a focus on updates to the ...

Microsoft is introducing 'vibe working' to its Office suite of apps, which now feature new AI agents built in to help users maximize their productivity with Office.

The PMT function is an Excel Financial function that returns the periodic payment for an annuity. The formula for the PMT function is PMT(rate,nper,pv, [fv], [type]). The NPV function returns the net ...

Microsoft will pay Anthropic for access to its AI models. They'll go toward new features in Office 365 platforms. Microsoft and OpenAI are distancing themselves from one another. Microsoft will ...