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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

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.

KS

Jun 29, 2020

This is an amazing course for learners. I am having a lot of fun completing this course from the starting point. It is very much enjoyable and the way the course teachers deliver every lecture superb.

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By Tammie V

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Apr 17, 2018

The class was challenging, yet explained very well. I felt much more confident in my basic knowledge of Excel. Would definitely recommend it to others! I work exceptionally long hours, and though it was challenging at times, I felt a strong sense of accomplishments! Thank you!

By Tom N

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Jul 4, 2022

It has been a while since I took my excel course in college. This course was a great introductory back into the world of excel and surely helped me remember all the basic excel functions. I would recommend moving on to the intermediate for those who are in the business world.

By Vinicius P

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Feb 25, 2022

a course that opens your mind and with the methodology that instigates and forces learning, at first you feel uncomfortable but soon it takes off. If there is one course I would recommend, it would be this one. Thank you to everyone involved who prepared this wonderful course

By Andrew S

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Feb 9, 2021

Very good course. I've used Excel for decades and there were more than a few things I didn't know already from this fundamentals course. I do wish Prashan would learn to talk without his nonsensical distracting hand gestures, but otherwise the content and format were great.

By Aishwarya D

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Jan 18, 2021

This is a very good course for Beginners, the course layout is very detailed and well organized. This course has helped me to build a strong foundation for data analysis using Excel. Thanks a lot to Nikki, Pranshan, and everybody who is involved in making this amazing course.

By Ricardo N F

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Dec 23, 2020

I use Excel for my school in a daily basis, and i thought i knew all the answers when it comes to using excel, but this course made me realize how wrong i was, and actually, the skills i learned here will help me to be more efficient, clean and professional. Excellent course.

By Maike D

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Sep 18, 2020

Some quizz questions seemed to be geared towards MS users. As I am a Mac user and some functionalities vary, I wasn't able to answer a couple of course questions correctly. Otherwise, it's a great course and I love the interactive format with loads of quizzes and assignments!

By Dina i

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Jun 26, 2020

This course is really helpful even if you think you know the basics of excel there are still a lot to learn where, by self-learning most of the time there are some gaps this course can fill these gaps. you will be able to learn how to be creative and fast using the shortcuts.

By Nehha V P

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May 5, 2020

Excellent Course I learnt a lot a big thanks to the Instructors Nikki and Prasan who made the course content so simple and easy to learn, it was fun solving the excersises and the Toolkit is really helpful and Informative.

Most recommended if you want your basics to get clear.

By Leidy L G R

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Feb 2, 2019

Great course. I like how everything is explained, with real-life examples and a lot of practice files. I was surprised when I realized that there were a lot of shortcuts (that I didn't know) and better and easier ways to work in excel which makes my work faster and efficient.

By shruti n

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Jan 21, 2021

There is a lot of things in excel that I got to know which will help me in my future. the tricks and shortcuts will certainly save more time and with this course, I better understood excel. There is no limit what one might learn and this course certainly expanded my horizon!

By Andreanna G

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Jul 24, 2020

Challenging enough for the self-taught, but easy enough for the complete beginner to follow along. The tests gave constructive criticism when you get wrong answers. Practical Challenges were very fun to accomplish as you can see how lessons can apply in real life situations!

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.