The automatic conversion function of Excel, Microsoft's spreadsheet software, automatically converts some inputs, such as numbers and dates, into specific types of data. Although this feature is ...

Microsoft has announced changes to an Excel feature that has become infamous for introducing errors into research data and disrupting the work of geneticists—users will now be able to easily disable ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A new setting in Excel gives users control over the automatic data conversion feature that forced scientists to ...