Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

All details in this article are correct as of October 29, 2025. Accessibility to some of the latest Excel features depends on ...

Microsoft’s new Copilot function in Excel lets users generate, analyze and explain data directly from cell formulas, marking a major step toward full AI integration within spreadsheets.

you can also read the August 2023 Tech Q&A article “Join Text in Excel”, which explains the function TEXTJOIN, and the previous item in this month’s Tech Q&A “Using TEXTSPLIT to Dissect Excel Text ...

Why it matters: Microsoft wants companies to do more than just encourage AI use among their employees; it wants the tools to become mandatory. To help achieve this goal, Redmond has updated its Viva ...

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