Copilot Tip: Use Natural Language to Speed Up Excel Tasks
You’re staring at a spreadsheet like this, wondering how to highlight top sales and organize your data:
| Region | Sales | Rep |
|---|---|---|
| West | $12,500 | Jordan |
| East | $9,800 | Casey |
| South | $15,200 | Morgan |
| North | $7,600 | Taylor |
You’d normally need to:
- Write a conditional formatting rule
- Sort manually by region
- Build a chart from scratch
With Copilot in Excel:
Just type a plain-English request like:
“Bold the rows where sales are above $10,000 and sort by region.”
Copilot will instantly:
- ✅ Apply conditional formatting to highlight qualifying rows
- ✅ Sort your data by region
- ✅ Suggest charts or summaries to help visualize trends
After Copilot:
| Region | Sales | Rep |
|---|---|---|
| East | $9,800 | Casey |
| North | $7,600 | Taylor |
| South | $15,200 | Morgan |
| West | $12,500 | Jordan |
✨ Rows with sales over $10,000 are bolded
A bar chart of sales by region is suggested
Why it matters:
- You don’t need to know formulas or dig through menus. Just describe what you want, and Copilot does the rest—making Excel more accessible and powerful than ever.
- You can also ask Copilot to explain formulas or trends in your data, making it a great learning tool for non-experts.
- Copilot helps users save time, reduce errors, and gain insights—especially useful for business users who aren’t Excel pros.
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