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Excel Courses For Beginners

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There are several excellent Excel courses for beginners that cover fundamental skills such as entering data, formatting cells, using formulas, generating charts, and managing workbooks. These resources include video tutorials, interactive lessons, downloadable practice files, and step-by-step guides, catering to different learning preferences.[1]

  • GoSkills Excel in an Hour: A free online tutorial with 16 short lessons, downloadable exercises, and quizzes. Covers formulas, functions (like AVERAGE, SUM, COUNTIF), cell formatting, sorting, filtering, chart creation, and basic workbook management. Includes a certificate of completion.[1]
  • YouTube Video: “Excel Tutorial for Beginners” (by Kevin Stratvert): A step-by-step guide that teaches Excel basics such as entering and formatting data, using formulas, creating tables, conditional formatting, charts, and pivot tables. Suitable for complete newbies.[2]
  • YouTube Video: “Excel for Beginners – The Complete Course” (by Technology for Teachers and Students): This comprehensive video teaches creating workbooks, entering data, using formulas (SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT), formatting, creating charts, and using print options.[3]
  • GCFGlobal Free Excel Tutorial: Online text-based and video lessons covering basics like creating/opening workbooks, cell operations, formatting, worksheets, and using Find & Replace. Useful for self-paced, interactive learning.[4]
  • Pryor Learning Microsoft Excel Basics: An intensive one-day seminar focused on productivity. It includes essential formulas, worksheet design, impactful charts, editing techniques, print solutions, and basic macros. You get a reference workbook for future use.[5]
  • YouTube Video: “Master Excel Basics in NO TIME”: A video for true beginners, explaining Excel terminology, formatting, formulas, sorting, filtering, and customizing the Excel ribbon.[6]
  • edX Excel Courses: Offers free beginner resources, including text and video tutorials, practice files, and challenges to guide hands-on learning. Courses progress from foundational data entry to advanced functions and charting over time.[7]
  • Microsoft Support: Basic Tasks in Excel: Official Microsoft guide for new users, covering opening workbooks, entering and formatting data, basic calculations, and quick analysis features.[8]

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