Excel Essentials for Beginners

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Spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel is one of the most common pieces of software used in workplaces across the world, enabling everything from data analysis to project management. In Excel Essentials for Beginners, you’ll gain the foundational skills needed to excel in any professional setting.

Upon completion, you’ll be able to confidently navigate the Excel user interface, perform basic calculations with formulas and functions, format spreadsheets professionally, and create compelling data visualizations with charts and graphs. Whether you’re self-taught or a complete beginner, this course will provide the solid foundation you need to become a confident and proficient Excel user.

Master the Basics: Navigate the Excel interface, enter and format data, and create simple spreadsheets.
Formulas & Functions: Craft calculations using formulas and explore a variety of built-in functions for essential tasks like math, statistics, and text manipulation.
Data Manipulation: Become an expert at organizing your data with filtering, sorting, and conditional formatting techniques.
Visualize Your Data: Create impactful charts and graphs to effectively communicate your findings.
Printing & Sharing: Learn how to format your spreadsheets for professional printing and share your work with ease.

Course Content

Taking Charge in Excel
In this module, you will learn about key foundational features of Excel: The Excel user interface, basic Excel terminology, how to operate essential navigational controls in Excel and how to perform basic data entry with Excel spreadsheets.

Understanding Workbook Structure
Navigating and Selecting
View Options
Data Entry, Data Types, Editing, and Deleting
Fill Handle
Copy and Paste

Performing Calculations
The syntax of formulas is very important in Excel. In this module, you will get introduced to formulas and functions - learn how to write them, use them to perform calculations, and understand the different cell references.

Formatting
Formatting helps highlight key messages and make the data presentable. This module covers several formatting tools, such as font formatting, borders, alignment, and number formatting, as well as Excel styles and themes.

Working with Data
This module is all about working with data – and making it easy to work with. You will learn how you can manage your spreadsheets – find data with Filter and Sort, retrieve and change data using Find and Replace, and use Conditional Formatting to highlight specific data.

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Excel Essentials for Beginners

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Taking Charge in Excel
In this module, you will learn about key foundational features of Excel: The Excel user interface, basic Excel terminology, how to operate essential navigational controls in Excel and how to perform basic data entry with Excel spreadsheets.

Understanding Workbook Structure

Navigating and Selecting

View Options

Data Entry, Data Types, Editing, and Deleting

Fill Handle

Copy and Paste

Performing Calculations
The syntax of formulas is very important in Excel. In this module, you will get introduced to formulas and functions - learn how to write them, use them to perform calculations, and understand the different cell references.

Formulas

Formulas in Business

Functions I: SUM and AUTOSUM

Function II: AVERAGE, MIN, and MAX

Absolute Cell References

Calculations across Sheets

Formatting
Formatting helps highlight key messages and make the data presentable. This module covers several formatting tools, such as font formatting, borders, alignment, and number formatting, as well as Excel styles and themes.

Formatting

Borders

Alignment Tools

Format Painter

Number Formats

Styles and Themes

Working with Data
This module is all about working with data – and making it easy to work with. You will learn how you can manage your spreadsheets – find data with Filter and Sort, retrieve and change data using Find and Replace, and use Conditional Formatting to highlight specific data.

Managing Rows and Columns

Find and Replace

Filtering

Sorting

Conditional Formatting

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About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Taking Charge in Excel In this module, you will learn about key foundational features of Excel: The Excel user interface, basic Excel terminology, how to operate essential navigational controls in Excel and how to perform basic data entry with Excel spreadsheets.

Understanding Workbook Structure

Navigating and Selecting

View Options

Data Entry, Data Types, Editing, and Deleting

Fill Handle

Copy and Paste

Performing Calculations The syntax of formulas is very important in Excel. In this module, you will get introduced to formulas and functions - learn how to write them, use them to perform calculations, and understand the different cell references.

Formulas

Formulas in Business

Functions I: SUM and AUTOSUM

Function II: AVERAGE, MIN, and MAX

Absolute Cell References

Calculations across Sheets

Formatting Formatting helps highlight key messages and make the data presentable. This module covers several formatting tools, such as font formatting, borders, alignment, and number formatting, as well as Excel styles and themes.

Formatting

Borders

Alignment Tools

Format Painter

Number Formats

Styles and Themes

Working with Data This module is all about working with data – and making it easy to work with. You will learn how you can manage your spreadsheets – find data with Filter and Sort, retrieve and change data using Find and Replace, and use Conditional Formatting to highlight specific data.

Managing Rows and Columns

Find and Replace

Filtering

Sorting

Conditional Formatting

Earn Your Certificates

Student Ratings & Reviews

PROGRAMS

COMPANY

COMMUNITY

Taking Charge in Excel
In this module, you will learn about key foundational features of Excel: The Excel user interface, basic Excel terminology, how to operate essential navigational controls in Excel and how to perform basic data entry with Excel spreadsheets.

Performing Calculations
The syntax of formulas is very important in Excel. In this module, you will get introduced to formulas and functions - learn how to write them, use them to perform calculations, and understand the different cell references.

Formatting
Formatting helps highlight key messages and make the data presentable. This module covers several formatting tools, such as font formatting, borders, alignment, and number formatting, as well as Excel styles and themes.

Working with Data
This module is all about working with data – and making it easy to work with. You will learn how you can manage your spreadsheets – find data with Filter and Sort, retrieve and change data using Find and Replace, and use Conditional Formatting to highlight specific data.