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Getting Started with Microsoft Excel

By the end of this project, you will learn how to create an Excel Spreadsheet by using a free version of Microsoft Office Excel. Excel is a spreadsheet that works like a database. It consists of individual cells that can be used to build functions, formulas, tables, and graphs that easily organize and analyze large amounts of information and data. Excel is organized into rows (represented by numbers) and columns (represented by letters) that contain your information. This format allows you to present large amounts of information and data in a concise and easy to follow format. Microsoft Excel is the most widely used software within the business community. Whether it is bankers or accountants or business analysts or marketing professionals or scientists or entrepreneurs, almost all professionals use Excel on a consistent basis. You will learn what an Excel Spreadsheet is, why we use it and the most important keyboard shortcuts, functions, and basic formulas.

Status: Microsoft Office
Status: Data Entry
IntermediateGuided Project2 hours

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O

5.0Reviewed Sep 26, 2022

V​ery clear and straight to the point. The Instructor understood the need to make her intended listeners understand her concepts in the very simplest of ways possible.

MC

5.0Reviewed Aug 4, 2022

An excellent and easy to understand course for those who need to use excel for work or school but have no idea of how to get started. This course will guide you with all the basics

AT

5.0Reviewed Aug 21, 2024

Introduction to Microsoft Excel course I am very satisfied to this platform. If you are looking for a skill you should have to attention on your skills learning through this platform

KA

5.0Reviewed Jan 16, 2023

A little less content than expected but the title does say it's just an intro plus it's free. The explanations are clear and the course is quite engaging. The Coursera platform is very user-friendly.

ZB

5.0Reviewed Feb 3, 2025

I find this guided course extremely important especially to people who wants to start learning Excel. It is simple, easy to follow, and the hands on desk make more interesting.

SS

5.0Reviewed Jan 21, 2025

Good Course for Beginners it explains the basic user interface of excel in a easy manner and the course is designed in a way it increases your interest in learning excel at deeper level.

VP

5.0Reviewed May 26, 2024

My last beginner Excel guide project. Such a great course! The instruction is clear and he/she/they is repeatedly told to pause if I want to do my project. Thoughtful!

SP

4.0Reviewed Sep 16, 2022

Y​ou learned what they tought - but it could have been taught in a 5 min video that was straight to the point instead of in the 30 min it took for me to jump through all these hoops.

NM

4.0Reviewed Oct 31, 2024

The instructor uses appropriate language for all audiences and is easy to follow for any beginner in Microsoft Office. The quality of this course is evident and is very educational.

PM

5.0Reviewed Mar 15, 2025

very flexible. could complete at my own time and had lots of restarts to make sure i grasped the content. Amazing lecturer as well. The course is very beginner friendly and i learned alot.

EE

5.0Reviewed Jan 2, 2023

I really liked the course. It's well-explained and stayed true to its description that it's a guided course. Now, I am more confident to use my basic skills and knowledge in excel.

AA

5.0Reviewed Feb 26, 2023

This platform is very helpful for learning skills.I am very satisfied to this platform. If you are looking for a skill you should have to attention on your skillslearning through this platform

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