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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 Aastha V

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Nov 28, 2020

I personally loved this course, the way of teaching is so good and easy that we want to learn more. Anyone who wants to learn excel for a long term and by clearing every basic should go for this course

By SATYAM W

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May 20, 2020

Nice excel learning program thanks for providing such kind of platform and program we will learn sooo much about excel sooo thanks to our university as well as this coursera app for such a nice lesson.

By AHMED A A I F

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Dec 2, 2019

The course was definitely more than I expected. It not only strengthened what I did know about Excel but it showed me several options that I was not using or haven't found. I would highly recommend it.

By Anh N

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Dec 20, 2023

An excellent course with basic and fundamental knowledge about Excel! The course has been designed greatly for beginners and anyone who wants to review basic Excel skills. A highly recommended course!

By Aaron C

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Dec 11, 2022

Great excel fundamentals for beginners and those struggling to adapt. I can relate to the course and the situation!

Great course for somebody who hasn't touched excel in 10 years and needs a refresher!

By Talal F

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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.

By sherryann S

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Feb 18, 2021

I have worked with excel for years but I learned a lot in this session and I learned valuable tools to assist me with my job. I recommend this course for anyone who want to get better at spreadsheets

By Ahmed s

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Jan 9, 2023

Very Excellent Content ,helpful instructors, very proud to attend learn this Course From this Great university and instructors recommend this course For anyone need to learn Excel in Professional way

By Deleted A

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Aug 14, 2021

It is the best course for beginners also the course outline is amazing they starts from the basic and cover each and every topic so students can understands much better. The assessments were helpful.

By Stacy Y

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Jun 9, 2021

Learned a great deal through this course. Lessons were set up in a very friendly and non-intimidatingly manner. Steps were very clearly explained. Liked they offered tip sheet for future reference.

By Melinda P B

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Dec 9, 2020

Thank you so much.. now I can say to myself that I have already skill that something I must be proud of. I learned a lot because of this course. Thank you so much DOST for this wonderful opportunity.

By HARSHIT V

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Jun 11, 2020

This course is really exceptional .Everything the mentor explained is very detailed and precise.I learned a lot from this course and lookingForward to series next course.

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By Patrick M P

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Jun 5, 2020

i really enjoyed the course. the videos were very well done and was helpful to have them available if specific knowledge was forgotten. Testing helped to make sure I was truly learning. Thank you.

By Ahmed G

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Nov 18, 2019

I recommend Excel Skills for Business: Essentials for Everyone. I finished this course and I noticed a huge difference in dealing with Excel.

Thanks, Nicky, thanks pershan and of course thanks sean.

By Omobola O

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Jan 9, 2023

I can tell you this course is great for both refresher and for those just starting out to learn excel. I have been using excel for a while and attended courses on Data analytics but this stands out.

By Nour M

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May 24, 2021

I loved this course, it was a challenging course, the teachers, especially Nikki, were so good, and I loved the practice videos and the practice tests, I will surely do the course for intermediates.

By Owen G

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Feb 4, 2021

Very insightful and I enjoyed the teachers who made it very practical and little theory. I was self taught over a few years and this helped me to fill in a lot of gaps in my foundational knowledge.

By Hamza A

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Dec 9, 2020

Although I have used Excel in my 1.5 year professional life I decided to learn it from scratch. Through this course I learned many alternative ways to do a certain thing. Great excel course to start

By Mehak K

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Sep 15, 2020

Great course. There were so many things I didn't know even after using Excel for many years. Thank you for a very well-structured course. Going to do the remaining courses in the specialization too.

By Federica D B

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Aug 17, 2020

Very well organized course: explanations are very clear, easy to follow and linked to every day life situations. The course teaches you to use the basics Excel commands with a professional approach.

By Prathamesh B

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Jun 1, 2020

The course was beneficial for me as I learned a lot of new things about Excel.

Moreover, practice videos and exercises were also helpful.

I will continue with the next level courses for sure with you.

By SAMJI I L K

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May 31, 2020

Excellent course, really helpful to improve your excel skills. Explained in a very simple language and the assignments are very helpful to review your learnings. The Ninja tips are really helpful.

By Laryn W

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May 31, 2022

I have honestly enjoyed this course more than any in person course I have taken. The practice assignment and quizzes were a huge help in learning where to look for things and how to navigate Excel.

By Abdul M A

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Dec 5, 2020

My experience with this course was awesome!

It helped me understand many things in excel which I did not know before.

Especially the insertion of columns and rows, charts, sorting and filtering etc.

By Ashique- U

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Sep 22, 2020

This was indeed a very interactive and playful course. It surely will remove your fear for the spreadsheet programs, and make you able to hover over it with confidence. Great job! I just loved it!!