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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....

Top reviews

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 AYNUR M

Aug 9, 2020

I have improved my knowledge and this will help me in my work life. In addition to, i learned incredible shortcut keyboards. Thank you to the organizers of this course.

By Sheharyar S

Jul 20, 2020

Course materials were good, the mentoring approach was good. The instructor did a good job of communicating and making it a more intimate arrangement. I learned a lot.

By Tanvir H

Jul 16, 2020

This was an amazing journey throughout this course. I forgot many things due to lack of practices but it reminded me of all the basic things which are really necessary.

By Lyannie Y G V

Jul 13, 2020

Aprendi mucho!! realmente el curso esta diseñado para aprender y el examen final fue un reto cumplido, muchas felicidades, están ayudando a muchas personas a superarse.

By Jannatul M R

Jul 8, 2020

This is an amazing course. I am able to learn so many things in a very efficient way. From now, Excel gonna be my new skill. Just loved it and Thanks to the instructor.

By Khushboo G

Jun 7, 2020

It is really helpful application which helps an individual to learn and acquire knowledge according to their timings. Workbook helps us to be in track with our courses.

By RAVI M

May 16, 2020

A great course in Excel Essentials with brief videos covering all the necessary topics. This course is definitely recommended if you wish to master the basics of Excel.

By abhinay k

May 14, 2020

IT WAS AN VERY GOOD LEARNING , GOT TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW N SOME NEW SHORTCUT KEYS.

I WILL LIKE TO THANKS COURSERA AND MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY FOR SUCH AN ESSENTIAL COURSE.

By Gopal B

Apr 28, 2020

Wow! Simply Amazing course by Coursera. It very well structured course. Explanation by Prashan and Nicky was excellent. I have learnt a lot and upgraded my excel skill.

By 오잉

Feb 2, 2020

I thought it's gonna too easy for me, because I learned Excel before. But there're a lot to learn in this course. Thanx. But I think week6 course need more explanation.

By Mohamed Z

Feb 2, 2020

Time spent on Coursera is enjoyable as it makes the learning process easier and simpler. With Coursera the lifelong learning process becomes adorable and it's worth it.

By Urja

Nov 22, 2019

This is great useful course for the basics. The lessons are easy to follow and tests your skills while doing the quizzes. I would recommend this for those new to Excel.

By Iago T

Oct 5, 2018

Very well designed course. The staff and the support material are excelents.

I would recomended to anyone looking to improve their Excel skills starting with the basics.

By HiTECH M

Jan 7, 2018

I can't be more satisfied with a course such like this one.

I had a wonderful and exciting time studying and watching this course's videos.

Thank you so much ...

Mohammed.

By Success O A

Oct 25, 2024

The course was enlightening. Likewise, i was able to flow with the tutors , the tutors taught with a high level of intelligence which I learnt from. Thank you Coursera

By Katie J

Nov 2, 2022

Great course, clear structure with achievable deadlines. I really liked working through the workbooks and applying everything I had learned in the video into the quiz.

By Əyyub M

Aug 29, 2022

That's perfect course in order to have based excel skills which will help me in the next level of my profession. Thanks all who has any effort to create this course!!!

By Abdul M I

Aug 24, 2022

Course was well organized. Explaination was very clear and understandable. Work assessment was really helpful. Very recommandable for those who looking to start excel.

By Neibo A

May 17, 2022

Since the beginning of this course, it has been a whole lot of experience trying out new things. I am glad I was able to finish my first course in this specialization.

By Anne M L

Aug 20, 2021

Very valuable course, especially for those who are self-taught in Excel. Learned a lot of shortcuts and a better understanding of functions. Highly recommend course.

By gregory p

Apr 15, 2021

It was a very fun course, I learned many things that have made my daily work easier. This course opens the doors for me to follow a more advanced Excel course. Thanks!

By Alejandra F

Apr 13, 2021

Very basic course, ideal for people who have never worked with excel. However, I did learn a couple of new tricks I didn't know before and found it quite entertaining.

By Susporiea H

Mar 19, 2021

This course was set up incredibly, the videos and quizzes throughout the courses really allows users to understand and retain all of the skills mentioned in the course

By Julia S

Dec 13, 2020

Thank you for the opportunity to refresh my knowledge of Excel and to learn all the new versions. Cours was robust and I was able to practice.

Sincerely

Julia Shvartsman

By Cameron L

Dec 1, 2020

Well structured - simple. They've put a lot of effort into this course and it's easy to breeze through it. I've picked up a couple of good skills I didn't know before.