Working with CSV files in Excel often involves repetitive imports and manual updates, which can be both time-consuming and error-prone. Leila Gharani introduces a practical solution using Excel’s ...

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We look at how The Times has tackled a complex reporting project. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. It’s hard to imagine a more difficult reporting project. For the past couple of weeks, ...

Strip the types and hotwire the HTML—and triple check your package security while you are at it. JavaScript in 2026 is just getting started. I am loath to inform you that the first month of 2026 has ...

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...

Have you ever sent an Excel file to a colleague, only to realize they couldn’t open it because of compatibility issues? Or perhaps you’ve spent hours perfecting a spreadsheet, only to see its ...

Anthropic on Tuesday announced a new Claude feature that some users should appreciate. The chatbot can now create files for you based on the instructions you provide in a prompt. Claude can generate ...

CSV means comma separated values. It's like a normal "txt" file with commas at regular places to separate some values. Typically the first line of CSV file is a "header", containing names of columns ...

Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout ...