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The Daily Personal AI Brief · April 26 · 5 min

Spreadsheet cleanup in ten minutes — 2026-04-26

Today’s brief: a simple, repeatable workflow for turning a messy spreadsheet into a decision-ready summary using AI—starting with cleaning, then formulas, then a tight executive-style recap. Prompt pattern included: a reusable checklist prompt plus guardrails to avoid incorrect category merging. Source: Microsoft Excel blog, Five ways to create and analyze an Excel spreadsheet with AI.

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Today’s brief: a simple, repeatable workflow for turning a messy spreadsheet into a decision-ready summary using AI—starting with cleaning, then formulas, then a tight executive-style recap.

Prompt pattern included: a reusable checklist prompt plus guardrails to avoid incorrect category merging.

Source: Microsoft Excel blog, Five ways to create and analyze an Excel spreadsheet with AI.

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