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The latest Excel coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Tests COPILOT Formula in Excel: Native AI That Recalculates Automatically
Microsoft has started testing a highly anticipated feature in Excel: a native AI function called COPILOT that embeds generative AI directly into the spreadsheet's calculation engine. Announced for...
CISA Orders Patching of 2007 Excel Bug, 2013 IE Flaw, and 2025 WinRAR Zero-Day
On August 12, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog—two of them first disclosed during the...
Microsoft Issues Advisory for Critical Excel RCE Flaw CVE-2025-53739, Urges Immediate Patching
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53739, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on victims' machines simply by convincing them to open a specially...
Microsoft Patches Critical Excel Use-After-Free Flaw (CVE-2025-53735) That Executes Code via Malicious Spreadsheets
Microsoft has confirmed a serious use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53735, that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine simply by...
Microsoft Warns of Excel RCE Flaw CVE-2025-53759, Workarounds Provided
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53759, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine by tricking them into opening a specially crafted...
CVE-2025-53741: Microsoft Issues Emergency Excel Patch to Stop Remote Code Execution via Heap Overflow
Microsoft has disclosed a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53741, that can give attackers the ability to remotely execute code on a vulnerable machine...
Excel's AI Copilot Now Explains Complex Formulas Right in the Grid
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a transformative Copilot feature that places plain-language formula explanations directly inside the Excel worksheet. Dubbed "Explain this formula," the new...
Handwriting Just Got Real: Microsoft Adds Fountain and Brush Pens to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft has quietly ported two of OneNote’s most expressive digital inking tools—the Fountain pen and Brush pen—into Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows, giving users a more natural,...
Microsoft Kills Lens Scanner in December, Stranding OneNote and Accessibility Workflows
Microsoft will disable new scans in its popular Lens mobile app on December 15, 2025, a move that severs direct exports to OneNote, Word, and PowerPoint and removes integrated Immersive Reader...
Microsoft Copilot Decodes Complex Excel Formulas Right on the Grid
Microsoft is embedding Copilot directly into the Excel spreadsheet grid, giving users plain-English breakdowns of formulas without hopping to a separate pane. The new "Explain this formula" feature...
Microsoft Copilot Now Deciphers Excel Formulas Inside the Worksheet with Contextual AI Breakdowns
Microsoft’s Copilot can now explain any Excel formula directly within the spreadsheet grid, offering step-by-step breakdowns of what each function does and why the result appears as it does....
Microsoft Kills Lens Scanner App: 3 Critical Deadlines and Missing Features You Need to Know
Microsoft's popular Lens mobile scanning app is getting the axe, and the clock is ticking for millions of users. The company announced that Lens will begin its retirement on September 15, 2025, with...