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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 Rahbar A H

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Oct 17, 2020

A great and really helpful course for anybody to gain basic excel knowledge from Scratch. My heartfelt gratitude to the course instructors for their tremendous efforts to make this course amazing yes easy!

By Venkatanath A

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Sep 28, 2020

It was great, precise and easy to understand.

All those intermediate quizzes between each practice videos are the ones that really helped me observe and execute what I have learned from the previous videos.

By Ajay S

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Aug 1, 2020

A really good course for the ones who want to learn basics of excel or want to polish their excel skills. Great structure, specially the introductory videos for each week, to create an excitement & a buzz.

By Md. M R

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Jul 7, 2020

I have learnt more than what i have learnt in my 4 years university courses combined. A huge amount of thanks to the faculties who designed this course. looking forward to do the intermediate courses also.

By Sarthak K

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Jun 10, 2020

Indeed as the title of the course says , it covers all the essential features of excel and good practice to help get a grip on it. Recommending it to anyone who is missing out on some of the simple basics.

By Ujjwal P

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May 31, 2020

I have learned a lot from this course. It will help in a lot in my office day to day work.

I am very excited to learn above levels of this course.

The type and method of delivery of the content is wonderful.

By Pranshu M

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Jan 27, 2020

The Course is very well curated and organized. The practice quizzes and assessments really test one's knowledge acquired throughout the course. Really glad to have found such great instructors on Coursera.

By Khalil A M

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Mar 25, 2018

Its really very informative and highly equipped course. Best course I ever take in my entire life. May God bless, protect, and healthy Dr. Nicky and Parshan as well as Coursera and Macquirie university .

By Partha S S

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Nov 18, 2017

If you know Excel, the first course may not be that useful, however, you have to complete all the weekly quiz for grading purposes. If you are just starting out Excel, this is an absolute wonderful course.

By HARPREET S

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Feb 20, 2021

This course proves right in its name as the ESSENTIALS because it provides all the essentials knowledge to be imparted in a very effective manner.

Looking forward for the next Course in this Specialisatiob

By Ruchika M

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Nov 18, 2020

The teachers are really great and have a nice way of explaining the topics of the course. The curated quizzes especially the practices ones help you to practice every subtopic after the video explanation.

By Albert T

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Nov 2, 2020

This course is great for everyone wanting to learn excel. Considering that I was not totally an idiot in regards to excel I still found this course very good to start my journey of being a ninja at excel.

By Brianna C

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Oct 1, 2020

The lessons are easy to follow and helped me to have a better understanding of Excel and all the things it can do. There are also many helpful hints and tips that can be used to speed up tedious projects.

By Md. S I

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Sep 16, 2020

Very Nice course. I really like it. All concepts are clear and understandable. Quizzes & exam questions also too smart. Those who want to learn excel, I think it is the best course for starting beginners.

By Жумагуль К

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Aug 4, 2020

Great course for beginners and others!

I knew a lot about excel, but I used to only russian interface. It was really challenging and very useful course. I structured my knowledge and practiced Excel Skills

By Juanita R C

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Aug 1, 2020

Despite of the fact I have been using Excel for several years, I learned a lot with this course. Now I have firm foundations that will make it easier for me to learn more complex skills. Excellent course!

By Colin J

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Jun 21, 2020

One of the best online courses I've taken. Thank you for the organization, using two people to teach and I especially appreciate how great the woman is at explaining these things! She's a natural teacher.

By Victor S N

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Dec 8, 2021

An excellent course for beginners! The lessons in this course are in-depth and presented in the quickest and simplest way possible. I am motivated and prepared to take on more complex MS Excel projects.

By ABDELAZIZ M

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May 3, 2021

this course is the ultimate of essential training for excel, it covers all necessary elements in a brief way. Just the necessary. I am glad I finished it!

Thank you Coursera thank you Macquarie university

By Dimitris A

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Jan 9, 2021

An excellent course for the Excel essentials!! Every video and every assessment is up to the point. You learn the essentials indeed. I cannot wait for the intermediate course. Thank you for this journey.

By Mohammed B

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Sep 25, 2020

This course was very helpful, and the instructors were very professional.

I am glad to pass this course and really grateful for the instructors for getting a huge insight into Excel.

Thank you very much.

By 孟应涛

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Sep 16, 2020

this course helps me a lot in mastering basic Excel skills by offering me detailed instructions and plentiful opportunities to practice. Now I can handle some basic Excel problems easily and confidently.

By Alexandra M A C

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Sep 1, 2020

Excellent explanations!! Excellent videos, step by step, you don't get tired because the videos are short and concise. 100% would recommend it for users that are beginners in excel!! Thank you so much :)

By Akshaib. R

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Aug 12, 2020

It was very informative and very less time consuming course and the faculties made the classes in interesting way and simple way thank you for everything and I am going to join it's intermediate part now

By Gleison M A

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Jul 5, 2020

I think this is the perfect example of a basic, introductive course in Excel. I feel ready to tackle most of the situations I've encountered using Excel in the past in a more intuitive and effective way.