Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft confirms that starting Oct. 14, “File Explorer ...

Not everyone needs Excel. Some people just want to track grocery costs. Others need a tool for work or business. Others may also need the Excel tool itself. However, affording the premium version has ...

Few things are more frustrating than opening a Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file only to see the dreaded error: “The file is corrupt and cannot be opened.” Whether it’s a crucial report, ...

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...

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 ...

Ever been staring at your Excel spreadsheet, ready to copy and paste some crucial data, only to be met with the dreaded “Cannot paste the data” error? Or maybe the paste is incomplete, leaving you ...

Microsoft has officially open-sourced the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), placing a previously premium AI-powered coding assistant into the hands of developers—free of ...

Beware these dangerous Windows LNK files. Update, June 9, 2025: This story, originally published on June 8, has been updated with a statement from Microsoft regarding the latest ongoing cyberattacks ...

How to Use Settings to Open Microsoft 365 Files in Desktop Apps Your email has been sent Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting that lets you determine whether to work in an online or desktop ...