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The latest Excel coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2025-54899 Exposes Excel to Code Execution Attacks: Patch Deployed for Critical Memory-Safety Bug
Microsoft has released a security update to patch CVE-2025-54899, a memory-safety vulnerability in Excel that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine when a malicious...
Microsoft Warns of Actively Targeted Excel Use-After-Free Flaw CVE-2025-54896
Microsoft has issued a critical security advisory for CVE-2025-54896, a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on Windows...
Excel's = Sign Now Triggers AI: Copilot Suggests Complete Formulas with Previews
Microsoft has quietly deployed AI-powered formula completion to Excel for the web, embedding Copilot suggestions directly into the familiar act of typing an equals sign. Starting with simply pressing...
FP&A Platform Vena Crosses 2,000 Customer Mark, Brings Agentic AI to Microsoft Teams
Vena has passed a significant milestone, surpassing 2,000 customers worldwide, and simultaneously launched its AI Copilot natively integrated into Microsoft Teams—a move that plants agentic...
Microsoft Excel’s New Copilot Function Brings AI to Cells, But Comes With a Stark Accuracy Warning
Microsoft has quietly embedded a generative AI function directly inside the Excel formula bar, enabling users to summarize text, classify feedback, or draft content with a simple =COPILOT() command....
Windows 11 Beta Build 26120.5770 Rolls Out One-Click Excel Table Conversion and Braille Viewer
Microsoft’s Beta Channel Insiders are waking up to a productivity upgrade that eliminates one of the most tedious chores in the modern workplace: manually retyping tables from screenshots or...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Turn Screen Captures into Excel Tables and Surface Live Profile Cards
Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider builds—KB5064089 for the Beta channel and KB5064093 for the Dev channel—directly embed Microsoft 365 productivity into the desktop via Click to Do. The...
Snapdragon-Only: Windows 11’s Click to Do Ties Screen Tables to Excel, EEA Blocked
Microsoft is shipping a new AI-driven feature in the latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds that lets users grab any on-screen table—whether in a document, Teams call, or screenshot—and fling...
Windows 11 Insiders Gain AI-Powered Screenshot-to-Excel Conversion, Gated to Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft rolled out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.5770 to the Dev Channel on August 29, packing a handful of productivity and accessibility upgrades that put AI-driven text actions and a...
Microsoft Beta Build 26120.5770 Adds Table-to-Excel AI and Braille Viewer
Windows 11 Insiders in the Beta Channel just got another serving of polish and productivity smarts with the release of Build 26120.5770 (KB5064089). This cumulative update, part of the 24H2 servicing...
Microsoft Deploys Surveys Agent Through Frontier Program: AI Now Designs, Distributes, and Analyzes Feedback in Copilot
Microsoft dropped a new AI-powered surveys agent into its Copilot for Microsoft 365 this week, aiming to collapse the entire feedback lifecycle—from drafting to analysis—into a single chat...
Freeze Top 2 Rows in Excel: The ALT+W+F+F Shortcut, VBA, and Troubleshooting Guide
If you’ve ever lost your column headers while scrolling through a massive spreadsheet, you know the pain of Excel amnesia. Freezing the top two rows is a two-click fix that keeps your labels locked...