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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

TF

Feb 25, 2021

This is the best course for excel beginners. Both instructors are very nice. Course is focused on essential topics and will make you strong in excel for elementary topics. Recommended for beginners.

DN

Feb 2, 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.

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By Ryan N W

Aug 14, 2020

I love how the lesson explained each video. It helps me a lot. The instruction is very clear and also the challenge is very fun. I'm enjoying every part of this course. Thank you!

By Juan C V G

Aug 6, 2020

El contenido fue bastante ameno, comprensible, entretenido, considero aporto bastante a mi formación y aprendizaje de la herramienta. Ansioso de continuar con el nivel intermedio.

By Michelle A

Jul 6, 2020

well-paced course! instructions were clear and the workbooks were especially useful. was pretty hesitant taking up a subscription for this at first but this is definitely worth it

By Md S I

Jun 16, 2020

Learned so many techniques from this course, practice a lot alongside the videos and ninja tips will make excel bit more easier. Grateful to the course teachers and this platform.

By S.M. J I

May 27, 2020

Great Experience !!

I really surprised to see the process of teaching and examining. I must suggest to do this course and take the challenge for every student as well as employees.

By manikrishna s

Apr 6, 2020

Tutor is having a good knowledge about excel and the way it was taught was quite impressive

Every exercise was enriching. Altogether nice course for those want to basics in excel

By Valeria B

Dec 11, 2019

I liked this course. The teachers are positive and very professionals. They had created education videos with attentiveness and care. I have improved not only my Excel skills, and

By Gautam A K

Aug 5, 2019

Excellent course, well structured and presented. To get the total benefit of this course, I would recommend completing all courses in the Excel Skills for Business Specialization.

By Ivette M

Aug 30, 2023

not perfect but still a great resource! I definitely feel more confident in excel and most questions that I came up with were answered. very thorough overview of just the basics.

By Ekram M

Jun 27, 2022

It was a good course to start understanding Excel ... i used to work in it and i learned it by myself but through this course i learned eaasier ways to perform what i used to do

By Kiran J K B

Dec 28, 2021

Thank you for providing the course with excellent communication, explanation, and proper notes. I got a chance to learn many short cut keys which made me use excel fast and easy

By Francis A

Oct 21, 2020

This Excel course has helped me a lot. Prior to the course, a lot of excel functions or skills that I was lacking. Right now, I have a firm ground or understanding of those tips.

By Linda K

Oct 16, 2020

Excellent course, well presented with practice exercises and ability to review the sessions. It was very enjoyable and has definitely boosted my confidence and updated my skills.

By Richard P

Sep 20, 2020

I found this course to be very done by the staff in providing a very encompassing approach in its effort to provide its students with a solid foundation to build upon. Thank you!

By V. R S K

Aug 6, 2020

There can't be a more clear explanation. Thanks to Prashan, Nikki and the coursera team for putting up such a neatly crafted and easily understandable course on excel essentials.

By Md. A H

Jul 18, 2020

This course is very helpful who are afraid to use Excel. Videos and assignments are very effective. I am feeling very confident about using Excel for most commonly used features.

By Gargi P

Jun 18, 2020

The course proved out to be very helpful for me. It cleared all the basic concepts of Excel. I really liked the course design. It is knowledgeable and provides practical learning

By K S P

Jun 1, 2020

very well explained. Really very interesting and amazing test modules which make sure one doesn't proceed to next level without properly understanding the current one thoroughly.

By Avinash K

Apr 11, 2020

I truly liked the way of presenting this course and now I'm eager to complete all the remaining 3 courses in this Specialization. A great learning experience and teaching method.

By Jason K

Mar 25, 2020

Really enjoyed this course. Instructors are very clear in communication and knowledgeable in Excel. I really recommend this course to anyone looking to learn the basics of Excel.

By Abdallah A

Oct 30, 2019

Phenomenal course! really got lots of skills. The videos teach you how to use Excel spreadsheets step by step with very clear visualized instructions. Overall really recommended.

By Lilian B C M

Feb 21, 2019

Perfect. Learnt so much. I use to feel I Know excel so well till I did this course and discovered so many new things. Including the Ninja techniques.

Thanks to Coursera, My tutors

By Carlos J B A

Jan 24, 2019

A rewarding experience because I have been able to learn very valuable information. It is an excellent course. It has helped me in the personal and professional field. Thank you.

By Muhammad S B Z

Dec 9, 2023

I've been using Excel for years yet this course humbles me down. Kudos to the instructor for putting up this amazing course! Looking forward to finish the entire specialization.

By L. A G

Jan 31, 2023

Even tho this isnt your first time with excel, this course provides interesting and complementary knowledge about Excel that later on this course will be important to know about