Using AI to Write Excel Formulas: A Safe 5-Step Checklist
AI assistants are great at Excel formulas — when you give them the right details and test the result. A five-step checklist with an…
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AI Meeting Note-Takers: A Privacy Checklist Before You Turn One On
AI tools that join calls and write minutes are useful — and record everything. Ten questions to answer about consent, data storage, training, access…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 8: Safety, Privacy and Company Data
AI for Office Work Lesson 8: Safety, Privacy and Company Data
Use AI without leaking data: what not to paste, approved vs consumer tools, anonymising, Indian data protection basics (DPDP Act), copyright, bias and a…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 7: Copilot in Microsoft 365
AI for Office Work Lesson 7: Copilot in Microsoft 365
What Microsoft 365 Copilot does in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, practical prompts for each app, how it uses your work data, and…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 6: Reports and Presentations
AI for Office Work Lesson 6: Reports and Presentations
Use AI to structure reports, turn numbers into commentary, draft slide outlines, create speaker notes and design with Copilot in PowerPoint — while keeping…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 5: Cleaning and Classifying Data
AI for Office Work Lesson 5: Cleaning and Classifying Data
Use AI to tidy data: categorise transactions, standardise names and addresses, extract fields from text, and when to ask for a formula or Power…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 4: Meeting Notes and Summaries
AI for Office Work Lesson 4: Meeting Notes and Summaries
Turn meetings into useful notes: Teams/Zoom transcripts, prompts for decisions and action items, follow-up emails, and consent and confidentiality basics.
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 3: Emails and Replies
AI for Office Work Lesson 3: Emails and Replies
Draft and improve emails with AI: replies to long threads, tone adjustments, difficult messages, follow-ups and translations, while keeping your voice and facts correct.
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 2: Excel Formulas With AI
AI for Office Work Lesson 2: Excel Formulas With AI
Get correct Excel formulas from AI: describe your columns and sample rows, state your Excel version, ask for an explanation, test on known cases,…
Read article →AI for Office Work Lesson 1: What AI Can and Can’t Do at Work
AI for Office Work Lesson 1: What AI Can and Can’t Do at Work
A realistic map of AI at work: tasks it does well (drafting, summarising, formulas, cleaning), tasks to avoid, which tools to use, and how…
Read article →Using AI to Write Excel Formulas — and How to Check Its Work
Using AI to Write Excel Formulas — and How to Check Its Work
AI assistants can draft Excel formulas and VBA in seconds, but they also make confident mistakes. How to prompt them well and a 5-step…
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