Plain notes on AI features inside spreadsheets
What the AI in your spreadsheet really does
Excel and Google Sheets now have AI buttons. These notes explain, from the makers' own help pages, what they do with your data and how to check the results. They cover formulas, tidying data and summaries.
All the notes
What AI in a spreadsheet actually does
AI features in Excel and Google Sheets: what the makers say
Asking AI to write a formula
Checking a formula the AI wrote before you rely on it
Cleaning messy data with AI: names, dates and duplicates
Summarising a table or sheet with AI
What data leaves your spreadsheet when you use AI
When a plain formula or pivot table is better than AI