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Ask Flex / Excel and AI

Ask Flex

How do you use AI in Excel for free?

"How do I use AI in Excel for free? My Excel is old and work won't buy anything."You asked Google. Flex answered.
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Flex's short answer

Keep a free Claude or ChatGPT chat open next to Excel, describe your columns, and ask for the formula or the fix. You copy the answer in yourself, so there's nothing to install and nothing to pay for.

✱ Flex's tips

A free chat next to your sheet.

1

No add-in needed

A browser tab next to Excel is enough.

2

Describe, don't upload

Column letters and what's in them.

3

Tell it your version

It skips formulas your Excel doesn't have.

4

Mind the daily limit

Free chats cap what you can do in a day.

Try this in your own Claude or ChatGPT

I use Excel [your version, or "an older version"] and I can't add anything to it. My columns are: [list each column letter and what's in it]. I need to [what you're trying to do]. Give me a formula that works in my version, tell me where to put it, and explain it in plain words.

Before you paste work stuff into any AI, check what your company allows.
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The Formula Finder

Pick what you're trying to do, in plain words. Get the formula, what it means, and how to check it.

Find my formula
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✱ What people ask
Can I use AI in Excel for free?

Yes. A free chat next to your spreadsheet costs nothing.

Is there a free AI Excel formula generator?

A free chat AI is one. Describe your columns and ask. Flex has a page on it.

How do I use AI in Excel 2016?

From a chat next to it. Tell the AI your version so the formula works.

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