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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

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.

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 David P

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Sep 9, 2018

Good Refresher course for old time users and Great course for those just starting out. Great videos and downloads. Highly recommended.

By Craig S

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Aug 30, 2018

Excellent introduction to essential Excel skills. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to beef up their confidence in this department!

By Michelle B

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Jul 18, 2018

I already am an advanced user of excel, but I learned some tidbits from this. Certainly valuable for all new consultants and ibankers!

By Amani A

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Jul 25, 2024

The course is easy to follow. It teaches with a step-by-step procedure with a lot of examples and real scenarios. Highly recommended.

By Gourango S

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Jul 2, 2024

Excellent. I have no basic knowledge about Excel. But after completing this course I think it's really help of my job market. Thanks.

By Mahamudul H

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Jun 22, 2024

it was great altogether, as the examples and explanations were great and not to forget the practice books boosted a lot of confidence

By Jonathan L

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Apr 3, 2023

Very elaborate and easy -to -follow course. A must for every beginner. A great introduction to each presentation by way of dialogue .

By Anusri S

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Jan 26, 2023

I really enjoyed learning. The material was fantastic, the instructors were great. I can't wait to take the next intermediate course.

By Himadri D

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Jan 2, 2023

Best course to learn excel basics in a proper sequence, very nice and easy explanation. Thank you Coursera for recommending it to me.

By Mathoholic L

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Dec 5, 2022

This course gives the essential learning to start with Excel. I find this course a major confidence builder to start in data science.

By Mayank C

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Oct 23, 2022

A very well designed course which not only provides you with good content but also maximize learning through real based assessments.

By Vijay V

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Jul 13, 2022

Excellent... Very well formulated program and basics are well explained.. The best part is skill test assignment at the end.

Thank you

By An V

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Jun 4, 2022

Great course with a very easy path to follow! I liked the jorney and for sure the skills I gained will ease my daily routine at work.

By mohamed A

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May 8, 2022

It went with me, step by step from the beginning to learn the basics of Excel in an easy and rich way that covers almost all aspects.

By Olga A

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Nov 4, 2021

I was totally beginner and this course had helped me a lot to understand the basics of excel. Now I am ready to start the next levels

By Arun B

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Sep 1, 2021

Good gradual introduction of topics. This is at a very basic level and sets the student up for the subsequent courses in this series.

By Thakkar M N

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Jul 17, 2021

It is a great course. As it consists of short videos with useful and easy explanations. It also provides many practice opportunities.

By Luis M

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Mar 25, 2021

Very easy to follow course. Clear indicatinos. I had sbme trouble with my non English Excel version. I enjoyed the challenge. Thanks.

By Daniel P

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Jan 5, 2021

This course is very interactive and the set of instruction was presented clearly.

By fare the best Coursera class I have taken so far.

By Sheena F

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Oct 27, 2020

Course was easy enough to follow and learned a few things already even with having some Excel background. Great start for the course.

By Hitan C

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Oct 22, 2020

Super B course, the very best to learn the fundamentals of excel, I did it on a mac and it was easy. so try it!! You wont regret it!!

By Tatiana R A

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Sep 18, 2020

Excelente explicación de los temas. Me gusta mucho la interfaz y los tips para accesos rápidos en el teclado a la hora de usar Excel!

By Chibueze C

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Aug 26, 2020

This is the best Excel course I have come across. It notes every minor detail on the Excel tab. This is a great course for beginners.

By Adebola O

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Jul 31, 2020

Great breakdown of using excel, for both new and experienced users. The weekly challenges built on what was learnt the previous week.

By Malik N A

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Jul 24, 2020

I had no knowledge of excel before this, but, I learned a lot basic level skills with this course.

I intended to attend next courses.