Excel is powerful, but let’s be honest, it can also be a time sink.
If you’re still manually cleaning data, writing long formulas, or formatting reports, you’re wasting hours every week.

The good news?
You can use ChatGPT to automate most of it, without being an Excel wizard or writing complicated VBA from scratch.

These are 10 Excel tasks I’ve helped professionals automate, both in my consulting work and in my bestselling book ChatGPT Prompts for Excel.

1️⃣ Generate Any Formula Instantly
Prompt:

“You’re an Excel expert. Write a formula that calculates the total sales only for items sold after January 2024 and marked as ‘Approved’ in Column C.”

2️⃣ Clean Messy Data in Minutes
Prompt:

“Suggest a step-by-step plan to clean this dataset: [paste data sample]. Include removing duplicates, fixing date formats, and trimming spaces.”

3️⃣ Build Reports on Autopilot
Prompt:

“Summarise this Excel data into 3 key insights, 2 risks, and 1 recommended action. Use a business-friendly tone.”

4️⃣ Create Pivot Tables Without Guesswork
Prompt:

“Explain how to create a pivot table from this dataset that shows total revenue by region and month. Include step-by-step instructions.”

5️⃣ Highlight Trends Automatically
Prompt:

“Write a conditional formatting rule to highlight cells in Column F that are 20% higher than the monthly average.”

6️⃣ Debug Formulas Like a Pro
Prompt:

“Find the error in this formula and fix it: [paste formula]. Also, explain why it wasn’t working.”

7️⃣ Translate Complex Formulas
Prompt:

“Explain this formula in plain English: [paste formula]. Include an example.”

8️⃣ Create Dynamic Dashboards
Prompt:

“Suggest the layout for an Excel dashboard to track daily sales, inventory, and order status. Include formulas and chart types.”

9️⃣ Write Custom VBA Macros
Prompt:

“Write a VBA script that automatically copies all rows from ‘Data’ sheet where Column B says ‘Pending’ into a new sheet called ‘Follow-Up’.”

🔟 Audit a Spreadsheet for Efficiency
Prompt:

“Audit this Excel sheet and suggest 5 changes to improve calculation speed, reduce file size, and enhance readability.”

🎯 Why This Works
The real power isn’t just Excel or ChatGPT — it’s combining them.
When you know how to prompt well, you stop wasting time searching for formulas, fixing errors, or doing repetitive clicks.

📘 Go Deeper With the Book
All of these prompts (and 500+ more) are in my Amazon bestselling book:
👉 ChatGPT Prompts for Excel
It’s packed with plug-and-play solutions for business, data analysis, and automation.

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