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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

SY

Jun 8, 2021

Learned a great deal through this course. Lessons were set up in a very friendly and non-intimidatingly manner. Steps were very clearly explained. Liked they offered tip sheet for future reference.

RV

Nov 6, 2022

They (the instructors and other people in the background) are best at what they do. Great course. Great structure. Gave me a solid foundation on the topic. Many thanks for them (you know who). Cheers.

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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.

By Nicholas T

Nov 21, 2020

I learned a lot. I had an older version of Excel, which made some of the course difficult to follow; but, otherwise, the instructors explained everything very clearly.

By Santiago V U

Nov 4, 2020

Great Course, It is always a pleasure when you learn fast and clear, and thats what this course does. Thank you for share your knowledge. I'll take course #2 for sure.

By Jeseneth D L

Nov 1, 2020

Very helpful on my current work and for my future plans to become a Virtual Assistant. I wish I can remember all the important things in that you taught me. Thank you.

By Chris C

Aug 16, 2020

Brilliant introductory course. It does a great job at building an individual's confidence with excel. Each topic is clearly and beautiful explained by the instructors.

By Pritam S

Jul 12, 2020

This is an awesome course for the beginner. Instructors were so nice and taught every topic with detail. I learnt a lot about excel from this course. Thank you so much

By Sa�l D F P

Jun 23, 2020

I had never have a class like this, i had enyoyed pretty much, and i feel so grateful with the teachers because they have a excelent advices for us, thank you so much.

By sai r p

Jun 22, 2020

Covers all the basic tools required to begin working with Excel. Loved the storyline throughout the course. Must take for anyone who works with Excel on a daily basis.

By Amir N

Jun 22, 2020

Awesome Beginner course! The instructions are thorough and clear, and the quizzes and exercises are really helpful to practice all the points we learn in the lectures.

By Shubham R

Jun 21, 2020

Simply the best Excel course out there, it covers all the aspects that one needs to get started with excel. Kudos to the profs for keeping the assignments so engaging.

By Shuvongkor B

Jun 13, 2020

One of the best Excel Fundamental Course I have seen on the internet. Highly recommend course. The teachers are very skilled and explain everything clearly and easily.