The New Features of Excel 2016

BSUPERIOR SYSTEM provides customized data management solutions for businesses to manage and execute efficient and effective process and task management systems.Contact us for consultation today info@bsup.ca or +1(778)891-2769

Introduction

As you know the new version of Microsoft office (2016) was officially released a few days ago. Similar to the previous versions, this version includes new features and enhancements. Excel is a software of Office which has been included a number of updates in latest versions. Here are some of the top new and improved features for Excel 2016

New ChartsSix new charts have been added to Excel 2016: 1. Waterfall2. Histogram 3. Pareto 4. Box and Whisker 5. Tree map 6. Sunburst

Waterfall

Histogram

pareto

Box & Whisker

Tree map

Sunburst

Advanced functionality called Query

Power Query is one of the Excel add-ins which is provided as a built-in functionality. By power Query users can get access to different data sources and acquire data from databases such as MySQL.

Forecast Function

Unlike the previous versions of Excel which only included linear forecasting, in Excel 2016, the forecast function has been added to allow exponential forecasting, etc. this feature is also available as One-click forecasting button to visualize forecasting of your data. You can also adjust forecast parameters such as seasonality, confidence interval, etc.

3D Map

Previous versions of Excel included a geospatial visualization tool called Power Map add-in. now this add-in has been renamed to 3D Maps and is built into Excel 2016 and is available to all users.

Pivot Table Enhancement Pivot table is one of the

most useful tools in Excel which has also been enhanced and updated in the latest version. Here are some of the enhancements made in Pivot table for Excel 2016:

Automatic time grouping and detecting

Search in the fields Drill-down buttons to zoom

in and out across the Pivot chart

Multi-select slicer

Slicer is a useful tool in Excel by which you can arrange the data. In previous versions of Excel only one item could be selected by slicer. Now in Excel 2016 you can use Multi-select mode to select more than one item at once.

Quickly search features with Tell me

In Excel 2016, there is a text box on the ribbon named as tell me what you want to do. You can type words and phrases related to what you want to do and quickly find the features you want to use without the need to open different menus.

For example, by typing the word waterfall all the features related to creating a waterfall chart will be shown.

Smart Look upIn Excel 2016, you can select a word or phrase, right-click it and choose Smart look up to get different information from the internet.

You can use touch stylus or the mouse to write your own equations by hand and Excel will convert it to text.

Build your own math equations using Ink Equation

Share Easily

As you see in the figure below, there is a button on ribbon to share your information with others.

Version HistoryIf you store the files on OneDrive for business or Share point, you can see the changes have been made to your files and open the earlier versions using History in Excel 2016.

New Themes

In Excel 2016, there are three new themes that you can apply: White, colorful, Dark gray

Publish data with Power BI

In Microsoft office 2016, a new option has been added in Excel backstage called Power BI by which you can easily share and publish your data with others.