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Clueless about how to write Excel formulas? Use AI

Over the past six months, we’ve learned how AI can be used for many tasks: creating art, powering a sophisticated chatbot, and so on. But what if you could use it to actually assist you in your job?

If your job is working with Excel, you’re in luck. A free.Excel Formulator takes your instructions, in plain English, and turns them into an Excel formula. “Pick the highest value in column C and assign it to the cell to the right of the cell labeled ‘Big Spender’” turns into . Copy the latter into the formula field into an Excel cell, and you’ve saved yourself some time—or, for those who don’t have a sophisticated knowledge of Excel, you now have a quick-and-dirty solution to an irritating problem.

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