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Excel for Beginners: Pivot Tables

This 1-hour, project-based course introduces learners to the powerful pivot table feature of most spreadsheet applications. We’ll be using Excel on the Web in this project, which is the free spreadsheet application offered by Microsoft. However, many of the concepts that you will learn in this project will be applicable to other spreadsheet programs, such as LibreOffice Calc and Google Sheets. We will cover the following concepts in a hands-on manner: - Introduction to the functionality of pivot tables. - Application of pivot tables to quickly summarize large amounts of raw data in detail. - Visualize generated data from pivot tables for accessible information at a glance using charts. Please Note: If you don't have a free Microsoft account, you will need to create one to be able to complete the content.

Status: Spreadsheet Software
Status: Google Sheets
BeginnerGuided Project2 hours

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TC

5.0Reviewed Jan 26, 2023

Instructor speaks clearly and at a very good pace to understand. His examples and sample documents and various pivot tables and charts were great.

KS

5.0Reviewed Oct 9, 2025

This was confusing a little because my screen didn't match what was shown so I had to find what he was mentioning, but he was an amazing teacher. He was easy to follow and humorous at times!

SA

5.0Reviewed Mar 31, 2023

Best course to clearly understand about Pivot Table and chart creation.

DE

4.0Reviewed Nov 20, 2024

A good course but I am using a different version so not all instructions in the video worked. My issue was already on the forum and had been unanswered for months.

ME

5.0Reviewed Feb 15, 2023

it's very helpful and I enjoyed with it , Now i enable to create. charts and dashboard

GD

4.0Reviewed Jan 9, 2023

Like the instructor, keep you engaged with Excel, Not a fast-paced class, wish there was a key terms/icon legend to refer to

JG

4.0Reviewed Sep 21, 2024

As I put in the Survey, major issue is translating this to Mac or Apple products. Otherwise, great way to get acquainted with Pivot Tables.

KC

4.0Reviewed Apr 2, 2023

Either the course was out dated or the cloud EXCEL works differently with Macs. I did not have the ability to resize the charts.

AW

5.0Reviewed Jun 11, 2024

Very useful and really friendly and easy to learn

AQ

4.0Reviewed May 23, 2023

Very informative and useful course regarding pivot tables and charts. I just felt that the instructor took a lot of time on formatting of the table. Otherwise it was pretty good.

FA

5.0Reviewed Dec 21, 2022

Excellent tutorial including guided trainer examples.

TE

5.0Reviewed Sep 6, 2025

I had no experience in excel prior to this course and I was able to complete it with confidence. A great course and a really good instructor

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