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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

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.

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 Aakriti A

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Apr 28, 2020

Quite Informative. I learned a lot of things through this course. The step by step approach with quizzes at the end which includes working on sheets and then answering is really commendable.

By MD. A A M

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Apr 25, 2020

This course has made a huge difference in my online learning career. In a word, the experience was awesome with the honorable instructor. Thank you Macquarie University . Thank you Coursera.

By Rogelio L E

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Oct 8, 2022

Me parecio excelente , ya que practique muchas habilidades y aprendi muchas otras que no pense que se podia hacer, ademas que me hizo recordar ciertas herramientas que habia dejado de usar

By Gonzalo C

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Apr 4, 2022

Just what I needed to refresh what little of Excel I remembered. With the intro course ALONE, I feel empowered to use Excel so much more productively, already.

Great beginner course -truly.

By Saurabh G

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Apr 15, 2021

After completion of the course. I learned various tools within excel that will definitely help me in my future job prospects. Thank you mentors for designing such a worthful course content.

By Lemon

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Apr 8, 2021

Instructors were so helpful, they presented this difficult topic in such a manner it became easy for us. Besides, the practice workbooks and tests were so helpful to retain the information.

By Namrata V

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Dec 27, 2020

I just loved it ...This course is really really Amazing, One should definitely do this course to get upper hand on excel plus it seems like a game ...keeps u focused throughout and its fun

By Arvie J C

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Oct 17, 2020

An excellent course for beginners or novice who want to learn the fundamentals of Excel. This is also a great refresher course for those who want to revisit their knowledge of the software.

By Sahil S

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Jun 3, 2020

The course is awesome and the pace it was going is also best. The instructors are very much engage with us in the course. I likely to do the course till advance level.

Thank You,

Sahil Sharma

By EAA214

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May 27, 2020

The course is very useful for any kind of business. Although I'm using Excel for more than 15 years, there are still a lot to learn and this course was helpful to improve my job efficiency.

By Sivakumar B

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May 4, 2020

The course structure is really good for starting with Excel. Even though the course content may look easier, but it does not when it comes to the assignment. Tricky questions. A good start!

By K. M O F

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Apr 26, 2020

Very much helpful for someone who is only thinking of getting started in Excel. Step by step mentoring, astounding clarification of each segment has made it incredibly helpful for learners.

By Bruno S

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Jan 27, 2020

Excellent course. Macquarie University did an excellent job preparing this course! Everything is so simple and easy to understand, plus everything they talk about is important and relevant.

By Rafshan J

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Jul 11, 2019

Great course of learning 'ABC" of Excel. Instructors are very easily taught and instructed. Their techniques and speeches are very specific and proper. Very effective course to learn Excel.

By Raphael M

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Dec 2, 2018

Whether you work with finance, administration, statistics, data science or any other area that analyzes and manages data. So this course was made for you!

Great teachers and great content.

By akshata s

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Apr 28, 2023

Excellent course! The explanations moved at a good pace and sufficient assessments were well-collated. The scenarios presented were engaging and the end of the unit notes were interesting.

By Mariano T B

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Mar 11, 2023

Después de muchos años usando Excel no esperaba poder aprender tanto de un curso básico para negocios. Lo recomiendo encarecidamente a todo aquel que desee usar el programa con eficiencia.

By David B

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Jun 11, 2021

Never felt this proud to learn learn a new skills that not many people do have, now I feel confident using Excel. Thanks to Macquarie University it was such an interesting course to learn.

By Nicholas S

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Feb 4, 2021

Great course, incredibly informative, awesome assignments. Highly recommend for anyone just getting started with Excel or looking to improve their 'essential' skills. Incredibly well done.

By Dennis J L C

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Sep 16, 2020

Es un curso muy básico que te puede ayudar si no tienes idea de como funciona Excel. Lo que más me gustó del curso es que es muy fácil de entender porque te llevan de la mano prácticamente

By Andrea I

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Aug 9, 2020

So far best course i've taken. Very professional, great instructors, quizzes and assessments were challenging enough, and it comes with lots of optional materials and challenges to improve

By Anuj K K

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Jul 15, 2020

I am really happy to complete this course. This is a course for everyone who wants to take their Excel skills to the Next Level. The course is beautifully crafted with hands-on activities.

By Scott J

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Jun 13, 2020

An excellent course. It was extremely well laid out and presented in an interesting and informative manner. The Weeks were well paced and the ongoing assessments keeps the student focused.

By Abir Z

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May 8, 2020

Just an amazing course of excel. I must say the instructors are unbelievable. The course is well organized and practice questions were so effective and practical. Thanks to the organizers.

By Haena C

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May 7, 2020

I am an intermediate excel user and I took this course as a refresher. I definitely learned a lot of the basics that I forgot over the years.

I recommend all excel users to try this course!