Microsoft Excel – Beginner Course - CPD Accredited

Microsoft Excel for Beginners - CPD Certified

One of the most widely used programmes in world for visualising and analysing data is Microsoft Excel. This software is used in almost every industry, not to mention for personal use in households around the world. Small business owners rely on Excel to track hours, finances, and invoices, and large corporations rely on Excel for data analysis, to visualise data, and innumerable other tasks.

Whether you are brand new to the world of Excel, or you have training and knowledge of the software and looking to improve your skills, this series of courses can help. By the time you finish the beginner, intermediate and advanced courses, you, too, will be an expert in Excel.

These training videos help you learn at your own pace, as there is no time limit nor deadline to complete the courses. You can also access these courses from any mobile device, including tablets, computers, and mobiles, as long as you have access to the internet.

Since the lessons in this course are only a few minutes each, it makes it very convenient for one to stop and start when necessary. This helps to study when you have time, even if you have less than 20 minutes.

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Introduction to the Microsoft Excel for Beginners Course

This beginners course is recommended for anyone who might use Excel at home or at work for uncomplicated reasons, such as tracking simple expenditures or for calculating sums or totals. This course is ideal for anyone who has never used Excel or for those who have only a rudimentary understanding of the software.

It is also perfect for anyone who is familiar with the older versions of the software, but not the latest version. If you are re-entering the workforce, you will also find that this course will suit you well, and will certainly get you caught up with the rest of your peers.

The course begins with explaining concepts, such as ‘What is a cell?’ and how to tell the difference between a column and a row. The course continues by explaining basic Excel concepts such as how to create, copy, delete, and cut information from Excel cells. You will also learn how to edit information that is put into a cell and how to insert and edit comments when using Excel.

The second half of the beginner’s Excel overview, which is only a small part of the beginner’s course, will cover sheets, which is an entirely different concept than cells. In this section, you will learn how to rename a sheet, delete a sheet, hide and unhide a sheet, and move and copy a sheet. You will also learn how to change the colour of tabs.

After mastering the beginner’s overview, the rest of the beginner’s course will go further into these concepts, and then teach details on how to perform basic functions.

Each video in the course shows where one can learn more about the concept covered in the course, as well as the difficulty level of the concept. There is also a full explanation of the concept and the instructor of the course visually takes students through each concept step by step on the screen. If you have questions about the concept, the instructor also offers a message board, or you can download a list of the most common questions asked about Excel.

When you finish this course, you will have a basic understanding of how to use many of the functions of Excel, and can use the program with ease. You will then be fully prepared to move ahead to the intermediate course.

What you will learn

The MS Excel beginners course will give you a full overview of all of the most common features of Excel and how to use them. Some of the highlights of this course include:

• A basic overview of Excel
• Calculating sums, averages, and totals
• Counting cells
• Learning formulas, such as IF, COUNTIF, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and AVERAGEIF
• Pivot tables
• Inserting, editing, and deleting comments
• Creating borders
• Wrapping text
• Merging cells
• Pasting, sorting, and converting columns to rows
• Creating graphs and charts
• Using the dictionary
• Using hyperlinks

Course Modules/Lessons

Module 1: Introduction to Excel

Module 2 : Add

Module 3 : Multiply

Module 4 : Subtraction in Excel

Module 5 : Dividing

Module 6 : Sort

Module 7 : Percentage

Module 8 : Running Totals

Module 9 : Print

Module 10 : Paste Special

Module 11 : Merge

Module 12 : Filter

Module 13 : Average

Module 14 : AVERAGEIF

Module 15: SUMIF Formula

Module 16: IF Formula

Module 17: VLOOKUP

Module 18: HLOOKUP

Module 19 : Countif Formula

Module 20 : CountBlank

Module 21 : Counta Formula

Module 22 : Count Formula

Module 23 : Concatenate

Module 24 : Transpose

Module 25: Date Formula

Module 26: Month Formula

Module 27: Pivot Tables

Module 28: Pie Charts

Module 29: Doughnut Charts

Module 30: Line Charts

Module 31: Column Charts

Module 32: Bar Charts

Module 33: Number Formatting

Module 34: Create Borders

Module 35: Conditional Formatting

Module 36: Comments FAQ's

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Testimonial

Emma Mills, Ludlow

I would gladly use a New Skills Academy course again.

I can honestly say that I have truly enjoyed learning about Microsoft Excel.

The step by step modules (36 of them!), breaking down each part of Excel was easy to understand and absorb. The explanations of each stage was handy for notes as well. The videos were helpful for directions and practise. The worksheets were helpful to put learning into action.

The test at the end was very good in covering many aspects of Excel, however I would have liked to know what I did not get correct. This would have been helpful.
However, I would gladly use a New Skills Academy course again.

Our Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices. Now more than ever people are using the internet while on the move so our course has been designed to be fully compatible on tablets and smartphones so you can access your course on wifi, 3G or 4G.

There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

All tests are online and are taken either during or after the course, these are included in the price.

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