You can convert text in Excel to linked data types. This is referred to as “linked” data types because the data is connected to an online data source.

Microsoft expands Excel's real-time "data types" by adding support for your data, as well as hundreds of sources from Wolfram Alpha.

Excel offers a wide variety of charts and graphs, each designed to help you uniquely visualize data. But choosing the right chart isnt always straightforward.

Microsoft is bringing new kinds of AI-enabled data types to Excel, starting with geography and stocks. Up next: Companies' own organizational data.

Microsoft is bringing custom data types to Excel. Businesses and consumers will be able to import structured data into a single cell and reference it throughout a spreadsheet.

Microsoft today announced that it is adding more than 100 new cloud-connected data types for Office Insiders on Windows and macOS. The types include topics such as Food, Chemistry, Space, and more.

Microsoft is opening up Excel to developers with a new JavaScript API. It will let developers use custom data types like images, cards, and arrays.