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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.

AC

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!

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By Siddalingayya M

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Jan 3, 2020

thanks to coursera for the fantastic opportunity for me , the excel was the good experience and learning.

By Edgar T C B

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Oct 7, 2019

Really good, I thought I knew all the essential basic stuff but got a surprise, now I know more tricks!!

By Patrice L

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Sep 2, 2019

I really enjoyed this course. It was thorough and challenging. I'm moving on to intermediate, for sure.

By Shenglin M

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May 25, 2019

This is an excellent course. I really learn a lot and I am now confident to apply for any data entry job.

By Oscar L

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Mar 25, 2019

Excellent course. It teaches you all the essential tools from microsoft excel in a very easy and fun way!

By Xuan P (

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Feb 17, 2018

Excellent content and guideline! An extremely useful and student-friendly course for all Excel beginners!

By Ehsaan M

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Mar 14, 2025

Excellent course, easy to understand and I recommend people to try it if they have the patience and time

By Rufaida N S

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Feb 4, 2024

Final task was a bit tricky otherwise i enjoyed this course. It was a great learning opportunity for me.

By WANG C

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Aug 21, 2023

Every practice makes a little progress. The courses and guides are really clear and helpful. Thank you.

By nada n

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Feb 20, 2022

this course is so useful and i really like neky the instarctor she have amazing tone of voice.t hank you

By Squadron L V M

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Nov 15, 2021

Wonderful course for a beginner. I recommend it. The way it is taught with hands on experience is great.

By Andrea M F E

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Oct 20, 2021

Es un muy buen curso, te enseña lo básico de excel. Es muy práctico y las instrucciones son súper claras

By Thu H P

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Jul 30, 2021

Truly appreciate and enjoy every lessons! Thanks Macquarie University for bringing this valuable course!

By Kuber B

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Jul 3, 2021

SO BEAUTIFULLY EXPLAINED. I JUST LOVE IT. THE ASSESMENTS ,QUIZS AND VIDEO LACTURE WAS VERY IMFORMATIVE.

By Olalude E O

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Feb 24, 2021

The lectures were well detailed enough and the question practices gives a sense of wanting to know more.

By Cathelin J

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Feb 8, 2021

Very good organization and breakdown of topics. Exercises in depth and helpful to learn skills mastered

By Atul S

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Jan 28, 2021

excellent explanation by the mentors. and a very good set of practice worksheets and practice questions.

By Alwala H

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Dec 11, 2020

Excellent course really I learned about excel so much . Hope to learn remanning course related to excel

By Digonta D S

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Nov 30, 2020

though I hated excel , but after this course I love excel. Thanks for making it so cool and interesting.

By Marie R C

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Oct 16, 2020

This is really helpful. I've been using excel for years but I learned so much in this! Thank you so much

By Lukas P

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Oct 13, 2020

Simple and clear, easy to learn, good teaching speed, theory based on practise. Filled my knowledge gaps

By Shahriar P

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Oct 12, 2020

Learned a lot about excel & its basic operations to create attractive spreadsheets and notebooks as well

By Aileen L

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Oct 8, 2020

Thank you so much! This course helped me a lot in understanding how to navigate well the Microsoft Excel

By Jeric A

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Oct 2, 2020

the lessons are excellently made. easy to understand even for those who have no prior knowledge to excel

By yendal s

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Aug 15, 2020

I was not confident enough about Excel before doing this course but now it helped me in filling my gaps.