Google updated Gemini in Sheets so AI-generated cells now display the web sources used to populate them, letting users verify data without searching separately. The update also increases Gemini's processing capacity to 3,000 cells per request, with Google claiming some 500-cell tasks run up to 55 times faster than manual entry. Google Sheets is additionally rolling out compact pivot tables and improved Excel compatibility to all users.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-29
ArtCraft, the team behind PhotoCraft, WordCraft and other reverse-engineered productivity apps, has launched GridCraft, a free and open-source spreadsheet application built in Rust. It runs natively across Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows, supports native XLSX files, over 500 calculation functions, pivot tables, and handles large spreadsheets without performance issues, though it currently lacks a strong template feature.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-22
Microsoft is offering its Office 2021 suite for a one-time payment of $29, significantly discounted from its regular price. The package includes core applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others, with enhancements such as improved collaboration features and dark mode. This deal is available for both Windows and macOS users for a limited time, with options to upgrade to Office 2024 or choose more affordable versions like Office 2019.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-08
Microsoft is piloting an Excel update that lets a single cell hold lists and arrays instead of just one value, breaking from the spreadsheet's traditional one-cell, one-value design. The feature is available to Microsoft 365 Insiders in the Excel Beta Channel on Windows and Mac, letting users create lists via Insert > List or Ctrl+J, and reference or filter individual items within them using formulas.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-28
Microsoft is introducing a feature allowing single cells in Excel to hold lists and arrays of data, rather than just individual values. The change marks a structural update to the spreadsheet program, which has not previously supported this kind of nested data within one cell.
slashdot.org
· 2026-09-26
Google announced that Sheets now preserves custom sort order in pivot tables imported from Excel, rather than reverting them to standard alphanumeric order. Users can also drag and drop rows or columns to reorder pivot table data, with nested child items moving along automatically, and these custom arrangements now persist across sessions and data refreshes. The rollout began today and may take up to 15 days to reach all users.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-23
Microsoft has released fixes for a bug that silently broke copy-and-paste, autofill, and formula dragging in Excel after installing this month's security updates, including KB5002914. Users of Excel 2016, Office LTSC 2019, 2021, and 2024 must manually install specific updates to resolve the issue, which had been widely reported on Reddit and Microsoft's Q&A forums.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-21
Microsoft released update KB5002655 to address a silent copy-and-paste failure introduced by the September security patch KB5002914, but the fix only applies to MSI-based installations of Excel 2016. Users of Excel Online, 2024, 2021, 2019, and Click-to-Run editions of 2016 remain affected, with Microsoft citing a code regression as the cause and recommending the Paste Special workaround in the meantime.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-18
Microsoft has confirmed a bug in its September 2026 KB5002914 security update causes copy-paste, autofill, and formula dragging to silently fail in Excel 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024. The issue produces no error message or warning, leaving users unaware that their paste actions did not take effect. Microsoft says it is investigating but has not yet issued a fix, though affected users can uninstall the update via command-line instructions to restore normal functionality.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-15
Microsoft has acknowledged that its September security patches are causing Remote Desktop Services to fail across several Windows versions, silencing certain USB Audio Class 1.0 devices, and disrupting the paste function in Excel. Affected users report frozen management tools, unresponsive Windows Update pages, and audio glitches that can sometimes be worked around by switching to two-channel sound.
theregister.com
· 2026-09-14
Users of multiple Excel versions, from Office 2016 through 2024 including LTSC 2021, report that this week's KB5002914 security update, part of Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday, disables copy-paste and formula-dragging functions. Complaints surfaced on Reddit and Microsoft's Q&A forums, with some teams reporting workflow disruptions after widespread installation of the patch. BleepingComputer could not reproduce the bug on a tested Excel 2019 build, suggesting the issue may not affect all configurations equally.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
Google has updated Sheets to support its entire Google Fonts web library, extending font options to chart titles, axis labels, data labels, and legends. Users can access these fonts via a new 'More fonts' option in the chart editor sidebar. The change also improves how custom fonts are preserved when importing or exporting files between Sheets and Excel.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-08
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