Microsoft Excel now lets you run Python scripts on images to detect sharpness, edit visuals, and analyze metadata.

“No set up or installation is required. Using Excel’s built-in connectors and Power Query, you can easily bring external data into Python in Excel workflows.” Image Credits: Microsoft ...

With Python scripts, you can even create new Excel workbooks, add or delete worksheets, merge data from different files, and more. Suppose you work in finance and need to combine monthly sales ...

Python is now integrated into Excel via Microsoft 365, allowing users to write Python code directly in spreadsheets using the `=PY` formula, enhancing data analysis and visualization capabilities.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl () and =PY ()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.

Also, Python isn’t limited to automation in Excel only. It opens up a host of other programming possibilities for you. Python is useful in web development, data science, machine learning, and more.

(You can read more about Microsoft’s data security practices regarding Python in this support documentation.) To get started, you must be part of the Beta channel for Insiders, and running Excel ...