Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

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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 ...

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.

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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 ...

There is a new contender in the startup race to challenge Microsoft Excel’s stranglehold on the world of spreadsheets. San Francisco-based Paradigm said Monday it’s launching its artificial ...

There is a stark example this week of how things are changing in the race toward artificial intelligence. This involves a household-name model, and an administrative technology that’s instantly ...

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT agent can create a PowerPoint presentation from a prompt as simple as “analyze three competitors and make a slide deck.” The agent can also act as a virtual assistant, connecting ...

Spreadsheets have long been a cornerstone of data management, analysis, and reporting. But manually entering formulas and sorting through massive datasets can be time-consuming and error-prone. Enter ...