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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.

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.

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By Eria K

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Oct 31, 2020

Very informative, I liked the frequency of the quizzes, quite many and brief so they keep you engaged but not exhausted. Thanks so much to the Instructors.

By Jorgensen

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Sep 19, 2020

Thank you very much for this course, I think some of the final test's answer is wrong, but overall this course really explain the basic of excel really well

By MOHAMED M P

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Sep 18, 2020

A very good and well explained course for those who have no experience in working with Excel and sure there will be a good gain for any one like study excel

By Gunho L

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Sep 10, 2020

The Course has been well-organised so that learners could easily follow and earn the cutting-edge knowledge which real business requires us to do Excel-work

By Venkat E

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Sep 1, 2020

It is really AWESOME course and organized very well. I have learnt so many techniques and short cuts which is really helpful in my day to day business work.

By Muhammad T K

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Aug 28, 2020

That was really helpful and amazing piece of content. The instructor chose a good way for instruction that was very helpful to understand in a short period.

By rishil g

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Aug 3, 2020

The course was excellent. The assessments were only as difficult as they should be. Some concepts could have been explained better, but overall it was good.

By Ajit B

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Jul 30, 2020

1Superb Course! Nicky & Prashath are great instructors. The course is good to build base level fundamentals and confident enough to handle basic operations.

By Juan S U P

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Jul 27, 2020

The videos are great and every task and instruction is as clear as it can be. Great way to learn the basis for properly workin on excel. Really recommended!

By Anmol D

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Jul 7, 2020

Excellent for beginners. Loved this course from the bottom of my heart. Great job Prashan and the others in organizing such a great course.

Everyone say WOW!

By Kazi M I

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Jun 28, 2020

I would definitely recommend this course to everyone who wants to start from the scratch in Excel. The practice tests and assignments are very engaging too.

By hamza z

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Jun 25, 2020

WOW! I have learned beyond expectation, it was really jolly experience for the first time using Coursera e-learning. Thanks to Shean for his challenges :)

By Susan

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Jun 1, 2020

The course was engaging and well organized. Loved how the instructors created a character and then had discussions before diving into the learning material.

By David S F

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May 17, 2020

A very important course, easy to understand it. Very complete material to practice in different ways. Nice workshops and clear videos.... I really enjoyed!!

By O A

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Apr 21, 2020

one of the greatest courses I've ever studied regarding great instructors and lots of exercise and entertaining challenges, with almost 0 mistakes or typos.

By Chrissy D

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Feb 13, 2020

This course goes over the basics of excel, it is very good if you don't feel comfortable with your excel skills even if you have some knowledge of the tool.

By Bodruzzaman K

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Sep 5, 2022

I'm really pleased with Coursera. I learnt so much about Excel from this Course. And so much grateful to the Honourable Instructors for their best Support.

By Sam A

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Feb 21, 2022

Excellent beginning to this specialization. I have used Excel for years to perfrom basic actions. I never knew how many various tools I had at my disposal.

By balasrinivas p

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Jul 6, 2021

Thank you very much to Dr. Prashan S.M. Karunatatne & Nicky Bull. You both giving very excellent Teaching. I am very thank full to. I am very thankful to u

By Kagiso

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Apr 6, 2021

Loved the content of the course. I've always known the basics but the course made me realise that even though that is the case there is still more to learn

By Joanna S

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Mar 31, 2021

Great overview for beginners or for anyone who needs an updated refresher. I think this class helped me land my new job in data entry so thanks for that !!

By Nikolaeva S V

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Mar 11, 2021

A good course. Many useful tips that can be applied daily at work or at home. Teachers explain clearly, the study is easy. I recommend the course to study!

By Lauren M

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Feb 21, 2021

Really good quality course. I use Excel all the time in my job, but learned some valuable new tips and tricks in this course. Really effective videos, too!

By Tonui K

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Feb 9, 2021

It was such a comprehensive course. I gained a lot of knowledge in excel in this course and also got to brush on my other skills. Practice makes permanent.

By Mairead F

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Dec 17, 2020

Great course! Fabulous instructors. Practice makes Permanent. I will never forget that phrase!

Thanks a lot. Looking forward to the rest of the series.