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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.

KG

Jun 8, 2020

Very good teaching of fundamentals. Everything was explained in a really structured manner. Final assessment was like cherry on the cake as it helped in revisiting what has been taught over the weeks.

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By Anjali v

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May 19, 2020

I really like the way that course structure, especially beginners like me.It will going to help me a lot in my work.The instructors' strategy for this course is very effective and easy to learn. And because of its simplicity i completed this course before the scheduled time.

By Josefin S

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Jan 11, 2019

This course offers valuable information and is very pedagogical. At first I thought it would be to easy for me since I've already worked a bit in Excel, but it was good for me to refreshen and learn all the short cuts. I'm definitely more sure of my Excel skills now. Thanks!

By Dawn C

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Dec 20, 2018

Thank you for a wonderful course. I've been using Excel for several years and am fairly proficient already, but this course taught me terminology I wasn't aware of (such as the fill handle) and some new shortcuts. Each topic was presented well, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

By Manpreet B

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Dec 19, 2022

This was a very good introduction to excel. I learned a lot of things that ae generally taken for granted and just assumed, that "you should know". I am glad, rather than that, I took the course, and now I know, what i know. Cant wait for the whole specialization to finish.

By Becky T

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Aug 6, 2021

Clear, concise and applicable. These 3 words describe this course perfectly. The professors are clear and precise in their explanations. There are worksheets and practice quizzes that help you apply what you are learning. This is the best Excel training I have received!

By Nausherwan N B

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Mar 30, 2021

The course was fun and a great learning experience through its properly structured content . I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to the Instructors Nicky and Prashan for providing us with great hands-on Learning through Practice Videos, Quizzes and Weekly Challenges

By José A R H

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Dec 14, 2020

Es un curso muy completo a pesar de que es el primero de cuatro; si no te sientes seguro con tus habilidades de Excel, este curso te dará una buena base. Lo recomiendo aún cuando tengas algunas nociones o conceptos básicos para reforzar y ser más fluído al usar el software.

By Rocher S

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Aug 22, 2020

Great class. As a self-taught user, I can fill in the gaps. The course is very well designed, I liked it, as well as the quizzes, evaluations and challenges. I fully agree that the practice makes permanent. I highly recommend the course.

I look forward to the other sessions

By Dinesh M

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Aug 14, 2020

This course is amazing. Every video is made interestingly and fun to work with. the practice quiz helps a lot to remember what we have learnt to in the previous video. The instructors makes this course amazing thanks to them. I make sure that i complete this specialization.

By Carla W

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Aug 7, 2020

The videos were very informative and easy to follow and learn from. Although they did cut off a few seconds early. That was fine though since I had the transcript for each video it was easy to follow and complete. I am excited to continue on with the rest of the courses.

By Lim Y T

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Jul 10, 2021

Excel Skills for Business: Essentials is a fantastic course! It is well organized, the lessons are taught clearly and the material is presented in a manner that isn't boring. I had basic excel skills but this course helped to fill in the gaps. Thank you to the instructors!

By Md. S M

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Jun 26, 2021

This is a amazing basic Course of Excel for business as well as daily use. I recommend for the new learner to start this course without any hesitation. Thank you of this Course Instructor for their valuable instruction as well as guidelines through continuing the course.

By Pedro A d G A

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Apr 11, 2021

This is a very well designed and thorough, basic course. The tests were a good tool to colplete the understanding. Although I work with Excel for a very long time, I decided do do the "Essencials" course and I don´t feel my time was lost. I will carry on to the next level.

By HARSHITA S

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Nov 30, 2020

The best ever learning of excel I have got. The shortcuts, great visualisation, practice workbooks, ninja tips, daily quiz and practicing excel persistently have made me it on my finger tips. This course have helped in my present needs. I look forward to advanced courses.

By Shubham J

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Nov 30, 2020

This is an excellent course! The educators have designed each and every chapter of this course very carefully! They considered most of the minor problems a student might go through and they explained solutions in simple and easy. Thank you Coursera for such a great course.

By Steven W A

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May 31, 2020

course instructors teach this course easily. They represent visual more efficiently. In software learning course its necessary good visual. The assessment processes was good but final assessment was little bit hard. I enjoyed this course. now I feel confident to use Excel.

By Md. F R

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May 23, 2020

This is one of the best courses until now I have learned from Coursera. I started this course as a complete beginner. Now I am comfortable with my work with excels. I recommend for a beginner and a partial knowledge in Excel, who wants to learn excel should do this course.

By Haoming L

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Jan 21, 2020

Great course! The lectures are all very clear and two lecturers are very patient. Most importantly, when you answer questions correct in the assessment, you will see words of encouragement under the "tick" symbol, a design that is unique among all the courses I have taken.

By Trisha L P

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Oct 24, 2023

This course is a really good entry into learning how to use Excel more effectively and efficiently. All the tips and the pacing made it really easy to understand how to use Excel. I would recommend this course to beginners looking to refine their basic knowledge of Excel.

By Nebiyu Z

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Sep 18, 2020

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UNIVERSITY AND COURSERA ARRANGING SUCH IMPORTANT SHORT TERM COURSES IN SUCH SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. YOUR QUESTIONS ARE EASY TO PASS IF STUDENTS REALLY ATTEND CLASS REGULARLY. THE COURSES MIGHT BE SHORTEN TO THE POINT IF IT DEMANDED OR ITS TECHNICAL.

By Nicole A

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Sep 2, 2020

Great course for a new excel user! I was able to learn fast and quickly grasp new and more advanced concepts. I really liked the way these instructors explained things and then further reinforced them with application. I would definitely recommend this class to others!

By Md M T

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Jul 1, 2020

Though I have used Excel in my earlier life but this course has packed all the basic stuffs along with numerous techniques I wasn't aware of but used to anyway. This course will definitely benefit the newbies and also help the intermediate ones to grasp the whole picture.

By Laura B J O

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May 26, 2020

El curso me ha parecido muy completo y de alta calidad. Se agradece mucho cada video que da demostraciones así como las posibles dudas que se resuelven previas a cada tarea.

También me gusto mucho la parte de los tips y algunas sugerencias para el uso de Excel. Felicidades

By KANTAYA J

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Apr 30, 2020

Big thank you to Parshan, Nikki and all the specialization team members! This specialization is the best of all courses I've enrolled. I love how they motivate learners to practice, their voice, how they teach, everything in this course just perfect and very professional!

By Pedro G

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Jan 30, 2018

I was looking for intermediate to advanced excel. I still decided to give it a try, take all the courses, and i realized that i didnt know a bunch of little details, even tho the class is supposed to be a beginner class.

If you are interested in the excel, do not hesitate