ChatGPT can take a lot of the friction out of Excel work. This hands-on 60-minute session shows how to combine Excel and ChatGPT to speed up repetitive tasks, simplify tricky formulas, tidy messy data and help with dashboards.
You'll see how to use ChatGPT to generate, explain and troubleshoot formulas, write and fix VBA scripts, and suggest better ways to work with your data. Real-world examples show how AI can support decisions, automate tasks and streamline reporting.
The session also covers uploading Excel files to ChatGPT safely, using ChatGPT from inside Excel through integrations and add-ins, and how to get better answers while avoiding common pitfalls.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Many Excel users lose time searching for formulas, guessing at syntax or repeating tasks that could be automated. This session shows how to use ChatGPT as a plain-English co-pilot that helps you solve Excel problems faster.
It suits intermediate to advanced Excel users, including analysts, finance, HR and project managers. No prior ChatGPT experience is needed.
AREA COVERED
- What ChatGPT is and how it works with Excel
- Using AI to generate, explain and troubleshoot formulas
- Writing and fixing VBA code with ChatGPT
- Uploading Excel files to ChatGPT: do's, don'ts and best practices
- Using ChatGPT inside Excel, including integrations and add-ins
- Tips for better answers and avoiding common pitfalls
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain how ChatGPT works with Excel
- Generate, explain and troubleshoot formulas with AI
- Write and fix VBA code with ChatGPT's help
- Upload Excel files to ChatGPT following best practices
- Use ChatGPT from inside Excel through integrations and add-ins
- Write prompts that give better answers and avoid common pitfalls
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
This session is ideal for intermediate to advanced Excel users who are curious about AI and want to get hands-on with practical tools. It’s especially useful for analysts, finance professionals, HR, project managers, and anyone who uses Excel regularly and wants to streamline their work. No prior experience with ChatGPT is required.
Many Excel users lose time searching for formulas, guessing at syntax or repeating tasks that could be automated. This session shows how to use ChatGPT as a plain-English co-pilot that helps you solve Excel problems faster.
It suits intermediate to advanced Excel users, including analysts, finance, HR and project managers. No prior ChatGPT experience is needed.
- What ChatGPT is and how it works with Excel
- Using AI to generate, explain and troubleshoot formulas
- Writing and fixing VBA code with ChatGPT
- Uploading Excel files to ChatGPT: do's, don'ts and best practices
- Using ChatGPT inside Excel, including integrations and add-ins
- Tips for better answers and avoiding common pitfalls
- Explain how ChatGPT works with Excel
- Generate, explain and troubleshoot formulas with AI
- Write and fix VBA code with ChatGPT's help
- Upload Excel files to ChatGPT following best practices
- Use ChatGPT from inside Excel through integrations and add-ins
- Write prompts that give better answers and avoid common pitfalls
This session is ideal for intermediate to advanced Excel users who are curious about AI and want to get hands-on with practical tools. It’s especially useful for analysts, finance professionals, HR, project managers, and anyone who uses Excel regularly and wants to streamline their work. No prior experience with ChatGPT is required.
Speaker Profile
Mike Thomas
Mike has worked in the IT training business since 1989 where his expertise and experience covers designing, delivering training courses, writing training materials and recording and editing video-based tutorials. Although he is a subject matter expert in a range of Microsoft technologies and has worked extensively with Mac OSX and Mac-related software since 2006; however, his passion is for all-things-Excel and in 2012 he founded the website theexceltrainer.co.ukMike is a Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute and has worked with and for a large number of global and UK-based companies and organizations across a diverse range of sectors. In …
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