biased opinion here, i helped build Excel 2013. We did a lot of investments in making it easier to work with your data. Off the top of my head here are some of

biased opinion here, i helped build Excel 2013. We did a lot of investments in making it easier to work with your data. Off the top of my head here are some of the top things we did: Flash fill : Automatically detects what you are trying to fill/parse and does it for you. Suggest Pivottables: Select a range and ask excel to aqutomatically create a Pivot for you. -Suggest charts: Excel suggest what type of charts work best with selected data. Data model - Although you need Pro Plus to use powerpivot and powerview, basic functionality that "converts excel into a database" is built in. You can combine data from multiple sources and create relationships between data. Apps for Office : A new way of programming against the productivity suite in javascript and html5 Chart enhancements: creating beautiful charts is easier and the options are more accesible. A lot of this information is on our blog: http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/ http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/ Twitter account: @MSEXCEL and if your particularly inclined to data analysis and business intelligence I blast cool features and how tos on my personal account: @doppenhe