ArcGIS for Excel Blog

We’re excited to launch the ArcGIS for PowerPoint (Beta) Early Adopter Community and invite you to help shape the future of location-based storytelling in PowerPoint.

ArcGIS for PowerPoint brings interactive maps directly into your presentations, making it easy to add geographic context, visualize data, and communicate insights more effectively, all within PowerPoint.

By joining the community, you’ll get early access to the beta, explore new ways to tell stories with maps, and share feedback that directly influences the return of the maps in PowerPoint.

Register here to join the Early Adopter Community

We can’t wait to see how you bring location into your presentations. Let’s build this together.

The ArcGIS for Excel 2026.2.0.0.70 update incorporates a range of new features, including notifications for successful edits, label filtering, and the ability to apply rendered color styling within both the map and Excel workbook. This version delivers substantial enhancements to the Time Slider, Measurement Widget, and Selection Tools. These updates are specifically designed to strengthen your current workflows and introduce advanced functionality aimed at improving overall productivity. *chef's kiss*

*Updated change log from 2026.2.0.0.67 to 2026.2.0.0.70 to include crucial bug fixes*

ArcGIS for Excel 2026.1.0.0.63 introduces significant enhancements to symbology options, a new analysis tool, Find Closest, as well as important improvements to the sign-in user interface, and expanded support for additional field types. Ta, da!

Having trouble removing the ArcGIS for Excel add-in? This post explains why it happens and walks through the solutions that have actually worked for users, whether you installed it yourself or your IT team deployed it.

Seamlessly Connect and Synchronize ArcGIS for Excel Using Copilot. 

Did you know that you can add data directly from the web and interact with the table directly in ArcGIS for Excel? 

2026 is looking like an excel-lent year!

Learn how to add polygon and polyline layers from Excel data to an ArcGIS for Excel map using layer joining, apply data normalization for better insights, and use spatial filter tool to identify features within specified distance for effective planning.

ArcGIS for Excel 2025.3.0.0.54 adds the option to use line and polygon centroids in spatial relationships, display coordinates on hover, and related record viewing, plus a more intuitive UI with improved messaging.  

Tutorial to try ArcGIS for Excel with sample data.

Edit your ArcGIS layer attribute data in Excel! ArcGIS for Excel streamlines your workflow, making it easy to manage and update spatial data within the familiar Excel interface.