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Free online courseMicrosoft Excel for Beginners

Duration of the online course: 3 hours and 19 minutes

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Learn Excel fast and organize data with confidence. This free online course builds real workplace skills, from spreadsheets to smart fills and reports.

In this free course, learn about

  • Excel basics: workbook/worksheet navigation, entering and editing data
  • Formatting fundamentals: number formats, fonts, alignment, borders, styles
  • AutoFit columns to content width using the AutoFit Column Width feature
  • Use AutoFill/Fill Handle to quickly fill series like days, months, numbers
  • Apply formulas and core functions; understand cell references (relative/absolute)
  • Sort and filter data; create and format Excel tables for structured data
  • Transpose data to swap rows and columns (Paste Special > Transpose)
  • Create charts and adjust axes/series to visualize data effectively
  • Use PivotTables for summarizing data and building interactive reports
  • Use slicers to filter PivotTables/Charts and tables with clickable buttons
  • Import data from web pages into Excel using Get Data (From Web)
  • Intermediate skills: data validation, conditional formatting, cleaning data tools

Course Description

Excel is one of the most practical skills you can add to your toolkit, whether you are applying for your first office job, managing a small business, or trying to make sense of data at work. This free online course helps you go from opening a blank spreadsheet to building clean, readable worksheets you can actually rely on. You will learn how to think in rows and columns, format information clearly, and work efficiently so simple tasks do not take longer than they should.

As you progress, you will gain confidence with the features that make Excel feel powerful instead of overwhelming. You will practice resizing and adjusting columns so your sheets look professional, and you will use smart filling tools that save time by extending patterns such as dates, sequences, and repeated structures. The course also guides you through reorganizing datasets when they are not laid out the right way, making it easier to compare information and prepare it for analysis.

To support real-world decision making, you will explore ways to filter and interact with data so you can focus on what matters. You will also work with modern options that bring outside information into your workbook, including pulling data from the web so your spreadsheet can start with a reliable source rather than manual copy and paste. By the end, you will be ready to handle everyday Excel tasks with more accuracy, build spreadsheets that others can understand, and take a solid step toward office productivity roles that value strong spreadsheet skills.

Course content

  • Video class: Microsoft Excel Tutorial - Beginners Level 1

    32m

  • Exercise: When working with columns in Microsoft Excel, what function allows you to automatically resize them to fit the content width?

  • Video class: Microsoft Excel Tutorial - Beginners Level 2

    22m

  • Exercise: What feature in Microsoft Excel allows you to quickly fill a series of related values like days of the week or months into adjacent cells without manually typing each item?

  • Video class: Microsoft Excel Tutorial - Beginners Level 3

    24m

  • Exercise: Which feature in Excel allows you to change the axis of data, turning rows into columns and vice versa?

  • Video class: Microsoft Excel Tutorial - Beginners Level 4

    25m

  • Exercise: What is a slicer used for in Microsoft Excel?

  • Video class: Microsoft Excel Tutorial - Beginners Level 5

    20m

  • Exercise: What feature in Microsoft Excel allows you to pull data directly from a web page into your worksheet?

  • Video class: Microsoft Excel Intermediate Class: Elevate Your Skills

    1h14m

  • Exercise: What feature in Microsoft Excel can help you automatically fill a range of cells with a series of numbers or text, such as months or days of the week, by recognizing patterns?

This free course includes:

3 hours and 19 minutes of online video course

Digital certificate of course completion (Free)

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