--- title: Excel's Copilot finally tackles the nightmare of sorting... description: Microsoft is adding a new Copilot feature to Excel that analyzes text columns to automatically identify themes, generate categories, and summarize open-ended... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/excel-s-copilot-finally-tackles-the-nightmare-of-sorting-through-your-open-ended-survey-data-fyjqmaqje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Excel's Copilot finally tackles the nightmare of sorting through your open-ended survey data | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft is adding a new Copilot feature to Excel that analyzes text columns to automatically identify themes, generate categories, and summarize open-ended... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/excel-s-copilot-finally-tackles-the-nightmare-of-sorting-through-your-open-ended-survey-data-fyjqmaqje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FYjqMAQje.png og:image:alt: Excel's Copilot finally tackles the nightmare of sorting through your open-ended survey data og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Excel's Copilot finally tackles the nightmare of sorting through your open-ended survey data **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft is adding a new Copilot feature to Excel that analyzes text columns to automatically identify themes, generate categories, and summarize open-ended survey responses. The feature targets a July 2026 release for Excel on the web, Windows desktop, and macOS. Users will also be able to ask follow-up questions about the analyzed data. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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