Google Sheets vs. Excel: What’s the Difference?
February 2, 2025
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Instructor: Alex Margos
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This is a beginner course and there are no pre-requisites.
Note: A Google account is required to access Google Sheets complete the content.
(2,168 reviews)
Recommended experience
Beginner level
This is a beginner course and there are no pre-requisites.
Note: A Google account is required to access Google Sheets complete the content.
Develop an introductory understanding of how spreadsheets work
Build a spreadsheet model to analyze household expenses
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This 2-hour long project-based course is an introduction to spreadsheets. We’ll be using Google Sheets in this project, which is the free spreadsheet program offered by Google. With that said, most of the concepts that you will learn in this project will be applicable to other spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel.
We will cover the following concepts in a hands-on manner: - Basic data entry, formatting and calculations - Relative and absolute cell references - Basic functions: concatenate, split, sum, average, median, min, max, count, counta - Advanced functions: vlookup, if, and, or, iferror, countif, countifs, averageif, averageifs, sumif, sumifs - Dealing with error messages - Conditional formatting - Filtering and sorting - Basic charts to visualize our data We will end the project by applying these concepts and create a basic spreadsheet model that helps us analyze household expenses. Note: If you don't have a Google account, you will need to create one to be able to complete the content.
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
This is a beginner course and there are no pre-requisites.
Note: A Google account is required to access Google Sheets complete the content.
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Reviewed on May 27, 2020
The Guided project is insightful. The best aspect is the side-by-side practise and implementation. It starts with the basics and tends to cover all aspects associated.
Reviewed on Sep 29, 2020
Its very use ful for my basic knowelegde..and then the teaching staff voice is better.. and google sheet 7b is not avaliable. plz cheak your errors.. then all is good ..very clarify explanion ..
Reviewed on Aug 9, 2020
If you are looking for basics of excel sheet then this course has it all. Trust my words and patiently attempt this guide with practically doing things parallel. it will help you understand better.
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