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Grok add-in launches for Microsoft Excel
Grok is now available as a free Microsoft 365 add-in for Excel, letting users ask questions in plain English, generate formulas from descriptions, run scenarios, and insert charts that cite the source cells. The add-in can pull context from recent emails or files in SharePoint and Google Drive, is installable from the Microsoft Marketplace, and is also available for Word and PowerPoint.
KEY POINTS
- Grok is now available as a free Microsoft 365 add-in for Excel, letting users ask questions in plain English, generate formulas from descriptions, run scenarios, and insert charts that cite the source cells.
- The add-in can pull context from recent emails or files in SharePoint and Google Drive, is installable from the Microsoft Marketplace, and is also available for Word and PowerPoint.
- Brings LLM-powered natural-language analysis and formula generation directly into Excel, speeding spreadsheet workflows and enabling context-aware assistance from emails and cloud files.
WHY IT MATTERS
Brings LLM-powered natural-language analysis and formula generation directly into Excel, speeding spreadsheet workflows and enabling context-aware assistance from emails and cloud files.
SOURCES & TIMELINE
1Use the Grok add-in for Microsoft Outlook to summarize long email threads, draft replies in your voice, and keep your inbox organized. Today we're bringing Grok into Microsoft Outlook. The add-in puts an agent beside your inbox: it summarizes long threads, drafts replies in your voice, and keeps your mailbox organized. Open a thread that ran all week and ask what happened. Grok comes back with the decisions, the owne…
Use the Grok add-in for Microsoft Excel to ask questions in plain English, write formulas, and run scenarios without leaving the workbook. Today we're bringing Grok into Microsoft Excel. Install the add-in to ask questions in plain English, write formulas from a description, or run scenarios in the workbook you already have open. Select a range and ask Grok what moved, why, and what stands out. Answers cite the cells…