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Excel for Beginners: Introduction to Spreadsheets

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Free

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Level

BEGINNER

Duration

1 h 30 min

About this course

This 1-hour, project-based course is an introduction to spreadsheets. We’ll be using Excel on the Web in this project, which is the free spreadsheet program offered by Microsoft. However, all of the concepts that you will learn in this project will be applicable to other spreadsheet programs, such as LibreOffice Calc and Google Sheets. We will cover the following concepts in a hands-on manner: - Basic data entry, formatting and calculations - Relative and absolute cell references - Formulae and basic functions: sum, average, min, max - Conditional formatting Please Note: If you don't have a free Microsoft account, you will need to create one to be able to complete the content.

What you will learn

  • C​reate and format a table of data in a spreadsheet
  • Use formulae and functions to derive knowledge from raw data
  • U​se conditional formatting to provide better readability to tables