There is an alternate way to open Python in Excel. Enter =PY into an Excel cell. Select PY from the function AutoComplete menu. Enable the preview using the dialogue box.

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.

And Copilot in Excel can now work with text, in addition to numerical, data. But we’ve gone even further. We’re announcing Copilot in Excel with Python, combining the power of Python—one of the ...

For instance, PyXLL-Jupyter can integrate data from your Excel workbook into a Jupyter Notebook using a single command. This enables you to analyze massive datasets quickly.

It’s an open-source, self-hostable spreadsheet and database app that makes Excel feel like a fossil. It supports most Excel functions, handles Python better, and has some unique functions that ...