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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

AN

Dec 19, 2023

An excellent course with basic and fundamental knowledge about Excel! The course has been designed greatly for beginners and anyone who wants to review basic Excel skills. A highly recommended course!

KS

Jun 29, 2020

This is an amazing course for learners. I am having a lot of fun completing this course from the starting point. It is very much enjoyable and the way the course teachers deliver every lecture superb.

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By sunnyxu

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May 26, 2019

Great courses for excel fundamental. The course is well structured and the explanation from Niki and Parshan is very easy to be understood, great work!

By Alejandro G r

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Jan 2, 2019

I though I knew how to use excel properly, but this course made me realise how much is needed to be taught properly to fill the gaps in self-teaching.

By Deleted A

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Nov 16, 2018

I've already learned about this course from other sources but I don't feel like I can use excel enough. This course makes me a professional. Thank you.

By Praiya U

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Apr 26, 2024

Excellent comprehensive refresh course for those who haven't used excel in a while - for new users, definitely a solid foundation. Highly recommended

By Jazzhy R

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Feb 8, 2023

The lessons/videos are short but packed with the information! Best course out ther for excel beginners like me. Will be continuing for Intermediate 1!

By Zakaria H

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Mar 26, 2022

I've learned so much from this course. This splendid course guided me from zero to one! I'm glad that I've chosen this one. Thanks to the creators. :)

By Mark F

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Oct 25, 2021

I have attended a variety of face to face and online courses for Excel , however this is by far the best course - very comprehensive and professional.

By OMKAR V H

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Oct 1, 2021

EXCELLENT COURSE , WELL FRAMED AND ORGANIZED. MADE SURE EVERY BASICS FUNCTIONALITY IS COVERED. THANK YOU COURSEA AND FACULTY AT MACQUAIRE UNIVERSITY .

By Prathamesh P

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May 22, 2021

great course for beginners. Very interactive and their quizes and weekly tests really make sure that you have learned the concept and its application.

By KUNAL P

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May 10, 2021

Very helpful course to learn the very basics of excel in very lucid way, explanatory videos and quizzes are very helpful for structuring our learnings

By kesiena s

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Feb 4, 2021

I thought excel was tough, complicated and boring until now, I enjoy learning how to work with excel. Great tutors, great knowledge transmission, apt.

By Nur A B Z

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Nov 28, 2020

This course is really good for the beginners! I have learnt so many things and now I am not afraid to try any tools in the excel as we can't broke it.

By Crystal F

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Sep 3, 2020

Excellent course! The content is very thorough and well taught, thank you for expanding on the knowledge that I already acquired prior to this course.

By Angellie T C C

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Jul 15, 2020

Very helpful especially for basic office work. Clear lecture videos and instructions. Thank you for the elaborate examples and tips! This helps a lot!

By Tien N

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Jul 14, 2020

Excellent course!! I've never realized such a powerful and applicable tool like Excel before. I'll definitely continue learning to the Advanced level.

By Lizbeth M T

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Jul 3, 2020

Excelente curso. Muy fácil de entender y te explica cada detalle del manejo de Excel. Si no sabes nada acerca del programa, aquí aprenderás lo básico.

By sreyas p

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Jun 12, 2020

very helpful

thank you for coursera to provide a course like this completely free of cost

the classes are very effective and able to understand easily.

By Ritik D

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Jun 10, 2020

The practice challenges were really amazing and tiring at the same time . Got ample opportunities and gained subtle skills to learn and grow in Excel.

By Abdulrahman A

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May 20, 2020

It is one of the best courses if you are not familiar with Excel, it takes you step by step which made the learning materials easy to learn and apply.

By Victor A

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May 7, 2020

Very complete course for those who are starting in the Excel world, excellent explanations and very interactive. Can't wait to star the second course.

By Shadman S R

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May 2, 2020

One of the most well instructed courses on Coursera. Seriously, this program teaches you Excel step-by-step. Anyone can learn excel from this program.

By Nishant

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Apr 28, 2020

This course has made my basics clear and made me ready to explore further into this field. The instructors have done a great job in making this course

By Josep C

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Apr 5, 2020

Excellent course! Clear, precise, full of excercises because "practice makes permanent". I recommend it to everyone interested in the basics of Excel.

By Pranav V

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Mar 26, 2019

Simple, smooth and detailed. I like this course. It has helped me fill a few gaps and make sure I wasn't being overconfident in my knowledge of Excel.

By Michael P

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Jan 20, 2018

Great course and great instructors. I thought I knew Excel but I was wrong. Thank you for hosting this class. I am so excited to learn more in excel.