Free Excel Course - Shortcuts, Formulas, Calculations and More

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From finance professionals to fashion designers, Excel is one of today’s most critical productivity tools, spanning all industries. Beat the fear of Excel’s complexity with this short, free taster course. Master the fundamentals and become more efficient at work.

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Excel Efficiency Essentials

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Start learning Excel like the top investment bankers. Become comfortable with the interface basics before learning the functions that can maximize your efficiency. Work smarter and faster with essential shortcuts. Understand formatting techniques, basic formulas and more.

Menu and Shortcuts and Basics

21 video minutes

0 excel exercises

Video minutes 21

Excel Exercises 0

Intro to Excel and Interface
The Ribbon
Shortcut Basics – Accelerator Keys
Setting Up – Excel Options
Cell Navigation, Editing, Selecting and Copying

Basic Formatting

27 video minutes

1 excel exercises

Video minutes 27

Excel Exercises 1

Font
Cell Borders and Fill
Colours
Alignment
Numbers – Percent, Currency, Date, Etc
Styles
Cell size
Standard Formatting
Often Used

Basic Formulas and Calculations

18 video minutes

3 excel exercises

Video minutes 18

Excel Exercises 3

Intro to Formulas
Avoid Hardcodes in Formulas
Intro to Functions and Syntax – SUM Function

Basic Functions

28 video minutes

4 excel exercises

Video minutes 28

Excel Exercises 4

COUNT Function
MIN Function
MAX Function
AVERAGE Function
IF Function
SUMPRODUCT Function

Naming Cells and Referencing

9 video minutes

3 excel exercises

Video minutes 9

Excel Exercises 3

Intro to Naming Cells
Creating Names Using the Mouse
Creating and Editing Names Using Name Manager

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