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Understanding Excel

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Updated 04/2026
Master Excel basics quickly: navigate spreadsheets, apply formulas, analyze data, and create your first charts!
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Course Description

New to Microsoft Excel? In this beginner course, you’ll learn the fundamentals needed to have you analyzing data in spreadsheets before you know it. The course focuses on helping you navigate Excel and prepare your data for basic analysis. You’ll learn how to use formulas in your data to provide new insights, and you'll create your first charts!

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course
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Getting started with Excel

Take your first steps in Excel! Learn how to open Excel files, copy and paste data, and write your first Excel formula.
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Data Analysis in Excel

Excel mainly is a data analysis tool. In this chapter, you'll get to apply basic formulae to summarize data. Additionally, you’ll learn how to create your first bar and line charts.
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FAQs

Is this course for complete Excel beginners?

Yes. This beginner course has no prerequisites and starts with the basics of opening files, copying data, and writing your first formula.

What Excel skills will I learn?

You will learn to navigate Excel, use basic formulas to summarize data, and create bar and line charts for simple data analysis.

How long does this course take to complete?

The course has 2 chapters and 15 exercises. Most learners finish it in about 40 minutes.

Will I learn to create charts in Excel?

Yes. In the second chapter you will create bar charts and line charts to visualize data, building on the formula skills from the first chapter.

What can I do after completing this course?

You will be able to navigate Excel, enter and format data, apply basic formulas, and create simple charts, preparing you for more advanced Excel courses.

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