{"id":5498,"date":"2020-10-27T12:31:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officedevblogs.wpengine.com\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:10:57","slug":"looking-to-automate-in-excel-check-out-whats-cooking-with-office-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/looking-to-automate-in-excel-check-out-whats-cooking-with-office-scripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking to automate\u00a0in\u00a0Excel? Check out what\u2019s cooking with Office Scripts\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi<\/span>\u00a0there<\/span>!\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019m Nancy, and I\u2019m a Program Manager at Microsoft.\u00a0<\/span>Here on the Office Platform team, we\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0hard at work creating a scripting tool with the goal of making it easy for Office users to automate their tasks. Today I\u2019m excited to introduce you to the product of our efforts \u2013 Office Scripts \u2013 and how it can simplify your Excel workflow.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u00a0is\u00a0Office Scripts?<\/h3>\n

Office Scripts is a new feature within Excel on the web, built with the goal of enabling Office users to automate their tasks anytime and anywhere.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Y<\/span>ou can think of Office Scripts as the recipe<\/span>\u00a0for your computer to follow, and Excel\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>s the kitchen where you use the recipe.<\/span>\u00a0With Office Scripts, nearly anything you do with your keyboard and mouse in Excel can be made into a script that can be used repeatedly.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What makes Office Scripts useful?<\/h3>\n

As you might guess, we frequently use Excel on the Office Platform team.\u00a0<\/span>As we build out Office Scripts, we continue to look for ways to automate our tasks on Excel<\/span>. So far, this includes:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n