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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

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.

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!

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By Xavier E B E

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Apr 22, 2022

Aunque el idioma ingles no es mi fuerte pude entender el 98% de toda la información proporcionada en el curso para aprender sobre Excel, gracias a los subtítulos y la traducción de las extensiones de los navegadores

By shagufta p

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Jan 5, 2022

Excellent courses - easy to understand, learn easily based on convenient time, short videos along with quiz make you understand rigorously. This course enhance the skills and implemented too in the day to day work.

By Meredith H

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Jul 31, 2021

Loved the short videos paired with the short quizzes- they were just the right length for my learning. I thought the assignments to practice the skills learned were excellent as well. I am really enjoying it so far!

By mohammed m

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Nov 16, 2020

This course is very well structured and organized. no boring lectures or anything , its all about practice. the instructors are great. i don't typically write reviews but my experience with this course is fantastic.

By Sachin S

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Jun 27, 2020

It was a great course to improve my basic skills on Excel. Even i was a person who is familiar with excel work, this course introduced me some important techniques and shortcuts to do my day to day work very easily.

By Frances B

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Jun 19, 2020

Great course, very clear instructions with plenty of opportunity to practice. Wasn't sure what to expect, but am delighted. Challenging at times as this course covered a lot I did not know about Excel. Thank you.

By Wesley F

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Jun 4, 2020

I very much enjoyed the different styles of learning that were afforded throughout this course. My favorite was probably the end of course exams in which you were able to reinforce everything that you just learned.

By Dipika K

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May 8, 2020

Thanks a lot Coursera for basic course of excel. You have added many things to my knowledge. Now I can work on excel very confidently and thank you for letting me know that we could actually do many things in excel.

By John G

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Mar 31, 2020

I have been using spreadsheets in my business for 5 years, and now I finally, FINALLY feel like I have a grip on how to use everything correctly without frustration or hesitation. Moving on to intermediate for sure!

By Izzati I

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Dec 7, 2020

I have learned a lot through out this courses. The videos and exercises have help me a lot. Although sometimes it confusing me but i managed to complete this courses within the time range and I'm proud with myself!

By ERINE M

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Nov 14, 2020

I have enjoyed the course as I really learned a lot! Kudos to MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY!

Maraming Salamat po from Manila especially to Prashan & Nicky!!!

I appreciate Coursera & highly recommended!

God Bless everyone!

Erine

By Ksenia S

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Oct 21, 2020

The course is amazing! The compatibility of the information is so good and the interface is so well explained, that I managed to finish the course although I was using libre office calc. Thank you and see you soon!

By Sophia H X T

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Oct 12, 2020

This is great for people whose Excel skills is self-taught or "Google-taught". Learnt new stuff, even though I've been using Excel for so many years! The toolbox, tips, and etc are really useful to have! Thank you!

By José G C F

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Jun 25, 2020

Me pareció un curso muy interesante y enseñan cosas que hacen más eficiente el uso de excel. Hay atajos para hacer muchas cosas y herramientas que excel brinda que hacen que se pueda usar de manera más profesional.

By James T

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May 3, 2019

This course was very well developed and presented. It starts off very basic but it's useful that they are making sure you've seen everything and that you get started doing things the right (and most efficient) way.

By J L

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Apr 24, 2022

I have used excel since 1985 for my finance business, helping others with bookkeeping, taxes and running businesses. I learned so many simpler ways of accomplishing what I want that I was suprised and delighted.

By Kush D

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Feb 21, 2022

All the things were explained there in a best manner. all the quizzes were also designed according to the lectures provided. if you want to learn basic skills for ms excel you should definitely go for this course.

By yuleen h

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Jun 11, 2021

It is a nice course. Well designed. Excellent amount of practice and nice tricks to learn to be faster in your calculations and formating. I have a nice time learning and defenitly will take the following courses

By Avinash K

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Oct 26, 2020

Wonderful course designed to teach professional level in excel from zero level. The best course to start excel with if you are a beginner and want to achieve professional level in short time with lots of practice.

By Omar M A

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Aug 6, 2020

The cuourse was very useful and informative , also the instructors are professional . They deliver the knowledge with very simple , step by step approach . It was not only learning platforme , it is enjoyable too.

By Mehrab M

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Jul 10, 2020

An excellent and preferable way to easily learn the basics of Microsoft Excel. Very informative and interactive approach. I really liked the course and how it was carried out. Eager to learn more advanced courses.

By Srirangan

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May 23, 2020

This course was really helpful and i learnt more insights about Excel Business Essentials. This will definitely going to help me on my work . Thanks to Coursera & etihad for the Knowledge transfer through online.

By Akano H D

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Apr 9, 2023

The course is so straight forward and beginner friendly. However, passing this course requires a lot of perseverance and practice. Like our instructor Dr, prashan always saya "practice makes permanent" Thank you

By Hoda k

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Jul 6, 2021

It was interesting course. They explain everything in a simple way and all of quizes were really good and helpful for learning .I just want to say thank you to all of poeple gather and make this course so nicely.

By Deleted A

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Nov 14, 2020

Thank you very much !!! I have got so many things from this course. I hope That this skills gonna help me in the future. The tutors were awesome really appreciate their help. It is honor to be part of COURSERA^_^