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About the Course

In this first course of the specialization Excel Skills for Business, you will learn the essentials of Microsoft Excel. Within six weeks, you will be able to expertly navigate the Excel user interface, perform basic calculations with formulas and functions, professionally format spreadsheets, and create visualizations of data through charts and graphs. Whether you are self-taught and want to fill in the gaps for better efficiency and productivity, or whether you have never used Excel before, this course will set you up with a solid foundation to become a confident user and develop more advanced skills in later courses. The best way to learn Excel is to use Excel. In this course, learners will solve a broad range of business problems as they apply the Excel skills and techniques they learn along the way. This course uses downloadable Excel workbooks and full data sets with applied examples and practical challenge exercises. This provides learners with countless opportunities to practice their Excel skills while discovering new and useful productivity features of Excel for a variety of business contexts. Spreadsheet software is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of software used in workplaces across the world. Learning to confidently operate this software means adding a highly valuable asset to your employability portfolio. At a time when digital skills jobs are growing much faster than non-digital jobs, make sure to position yourself ahead of the rest by adding Excel skills to your employment portfolio....

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DN

Feb 1, 2023

The explanations in this course were concise and easily understood. The course materials are very helpful with helping you get some practice in and furthering your understanding of the course content.

DT

Feb 8, 2021

Really well done! You kept me interested and motivated, and that's not easy to do!

I enjoyed the balance of instructional videos and hands-on exercises, and I'm excited to try the Intermediate now.

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By Yi H (

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Mar 7, 2020

Great course!!!! Will definitely blow you up~~~ Honestly speaking, not easy to get this certificate. Give it a try or you wouldn't know how much "essentials" you didn't get it for using Excel

By Roman A S

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Jun 21, 2018

i thought before that excel was more complicated to learn. but after starting this course, it has become so majestic course that i never feel boring. thanks for making such wonderful courses.

By Syed F R

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Dec 17, 2017

I am glad to have a part of this course. Really it helps me in my professional life. Can’t wait for the next course. Thanks to coursear for giving me a chance to complete this course.

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By Gerald S

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Jul 5, 2022

Great foundational course to brush up on your excel skills since updates!.There is a reason why Westpac uses Macquarie University for its training. Its the best Business School in Australia!

By Pratik K

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Jan 20, 2022

It is a great course I enjoyed each and every lecture of the course it was very informative and equipped me with all the basics of excel and now I feel a lot more confident while using excel

By Samarpit P

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Jun 15, 2021

Got a grab on the basics of the ecosystem of excel. Feeling a bit confident now to delve deeper into excel. Any beginner/ newbie who does not have any clue about must go through this course.

By Joaquin E M F

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May 17, 2021

Seleccione este curso sin saber casi nada de Excel, y lo termino sabiendo muchas cosas nuevas. Me ha ayudado bastante para dominar ciertas herramientas y conocer cómo funciona este software.

By Mithila R

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Apr 13, 2021

I really loved this course because it had me engaged throughout the weeks. I was more curious in learning and finding different ways that I could use which just makes things easier in Excel.

By Anupam m

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Sep 26, 2020

This course was indeed very helpful. Assessment test after each video's and practice exercise was the best thing .Short-cut keys were quiet helpful. One of the best excel courses available.

By Nazly C N A

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Sep 10, 2020

Excellenttt I totally recommend this course. It is very easy to understand and they really try that we understand everything and know how to apply what has been learned. Thank you very much.

By Joan A

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Aug 11, 2020

Very challenging and the demonstrations were very detailed and I think its a great opportunity to have taken this course because this will be very useful in my line of work. Thanks Coursera!

By Nouran H

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Aug 7, 2020

The course is really amazing!! It helped me revising all the my old information about excel. I believe I understand the whole content and I am really to apply them anywhere! Really THANK YOU

By Mr S A I

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Aug 2, 2020

The Course was very informative and Interesting, the way they cover each topic was very nice and handled excellently to keep the students on track. Feeling great after attending this course.

By Sanjida A

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Jul 28, 2020

I m very happy to complete this course.As a Beginner, this course helps me to learn about excel.The instructor's are excellent. They provide lectures very precisely.. Thanks for the teaching

By Archana J

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Jul 1, 2020

It was very useful and quite interesting. The course helped us improve our knowledge in excel. Thanks to the organisation and the instructors for giving us a wonderful opportunity. Thank you

By Tony S A

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Jun 21, 2020

The course was very good. I was easily able to study the basics taught by the faculties even without any prior knowledge of Excel. I am very much thankful to all who are working behind this.

By Adit T

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May 23, 2020

This course is Really helpful for anyone who is learning excel with its quiz and final assessment It will really test your skills and knowledge so one should take this for their better need.

By Asif c

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May 15, 2020

It was amazing experience working with excel..hope it will be of great importance in my upcoming career..thankful to the authority who have created such a platform of international standard

By Aakriti A

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Apr 28, 2020

Quite Informative. I learned a lot of things through this course. The step by step approach with quizzes at the end which includes working on sheets and then answering is really commendable.

By MD. A A M

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Apr 25, 2020

This course has made a huge difference in my online learning career. In a word, the experience was awesome with the honorable instructor. Thank you Macquarie University . Thank you Coursera.

By Rogelio L E

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Oct 8, 2022

Me parecio excelente , ya que practique muchas habilidades y aprendi muchas otras que no pense que se podia hacer, ademas que me hizo recordar ciertas herramientas que habia dejado de usar

By Gonzalo C

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Apr 4, 2022

Just what I needed to refresh what little of Excel I remembered. With the intro course ALONE, I feel empowered to use Excel so much more productively, already.

Great beginner course -truly.

By Saurabh G

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Apr 15, 2021

After completion of the course. I learned various tools within excel that will definitely help me in my future job prospects. Thank you mentors for designing such a worthful course content.

By Lemon

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Apr 8, 2021

Instructors were so helpful, they presented this difficult topic in such a manner it became easy for us. Besides, the practice workbooks and tests were so helpful to retain the information.

By Namrata V

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Dec 27, 2020

I just loved it ...This course is really really Amazing, One should definitely do this course to get upper hand on excel plus it seems like a game ...keeps u focused throughout and its fun