Excel Tips

Getting started with Python in Excel


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Unlock the potential of Python in Excel with this essential first episode in a three-part series.  

Designed for accountants, finance professionals and Excel power users, this episode introduces the basics of integrating Python code directly into Excel cells.  

Learn how Python enhances Excel’s capabilities for data handling and visualisation without replacing core Excel functions. 

You’ll discover how Python in Excel works and how code is processed using Microsoft’s Azure platform.  

Understand the key steps to get started, including how to enter code using the =PY function and the role of the new Python editor in the Formulas tab. 

Also explained is how Python variables behave across sheets, the concept of data frames and how Python’s popular Pandas library comes into play when working with datasets.  

You’ll also learn how to manage calculation options and understand the new dependency logic within Python-enabled workbooks. 

Whether you're completely new to Python or already familiar with this programming language, this episode gives you the foundational knowledge needed to begin using Python confidently inside Excel.  

And don’t miss the fun trivia at the end to learn the surprising origin of Python’s name.  

Tune in now.  

Host: Neale Blackwood CPA. He has more than 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Excel educator and is the author of more than 200 INTHEBLACK articles as well as a book, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants. 

You can find a CPA at our custom portal on the CPA Australia website.  

Would you like to listen to more Excel Tips episodes? Head to CPA Australia’s YouTube channel.  

CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:  

With Interest 

INTHEBLACK  

INTHEBLACK Out Loud 

Excel Tips 

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Email the podcast team at [email protected]  

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