What's New in Excel (March 2025)

Welcome to the March 2025 update. Python in Excel is now generally available to eligible Enterprise and Business users in Excel for the web and preview for Family and Personal users. TRIMRANGE and other accompanying trim references are now available to all Windows users, and iOS Insiders can now open shared files on iPhone and iPad without a Microsoft account.

 

Excel for Windows:
- TRIMRANGE and other accompanying trim references

Excel for Windows and web:
- Python in Excel 
- Copilot in Excel with Python

Excel for iOS:
- Open shared Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on iPhone and iPad devices without a Microsoft account (Insiders)

Excel for Windows

TRIMRANGE and other accompanying trim references

We’re introducing a new function and a set of supporting references:

• TRIMRANGE function – a function that removes empty rows and columns from the edges of a range. 
• Trim references – offer a more succinct way to call common variations of the TRIMRANGE function.

This feature has rolled out to all Windows CC (Current Channel) and MEC (Monthly Enterprise Channel) users.
Read more here >

Calculate the length of text entered into column A with TRIMRANGE

Excel for Windows and web

Python in Excel & Copilot in Excel with Python
Python in Excel is now generally available to eligible Enterprise and Business users in Excel for the web and preview for Family and Personal users. You can now create, edit, and re-calc Python formulas in any workbooks on your browser, along with Windows. Copilot users can use Copilot in Excel with Python to do advanced analysis as well. This is now rolling out to Mac Insiders users. Read more here >

Leveraging Python to create stunning visuals in your workbooks, now on Windows and web

Excel for iOS

Open shared Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on iPhone and iPad devices without a Microsoft account (Insiders)
We are extending anonymous file sharing to iPhone and iPad. Now, collaborators you've shared files with are able to open them on their iPhone and iPad devices, even if they don’t have a Microsoft account. Read more here >

New share experience

 

 

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Special thanks to our Excel MVPs David Benaim, Bill Jelen, Alan Murray, and John Michaloudis for their contribution to this month's What's New in Excel article. David publishes weekly YouTube videos and regular LinkedIn posts about the latest innovations in Excel and more. Bill is the founder and host of MrExcel.com and the author of several books about Excel. Alan is an Excel trainer, author and speaker, best known for his blog computergaga.com and YouTube channel with the same name. John is the Founder & Chief Inspirational Officer at MyExcelOnline.com where he passionately teaches thousands of professionals how to use Excel to stand out from the crowd.