Excel - Microsoft Excel Beginner To Advanced

Microsoft Excel is one of the most popular and widely used spreadsheet software programs in the world. It is used by people from all walks of life, from students and businesses to scientists and engineers.

This online video course will teach you everything you need to know about Excel, from the basics to advanced topics. You will learn about the different Excel data types, formulas, functions, and charts. You will also learn about more advanced Excel concepts, such as pivot tables, macros, and VBA.

Excel - Microsoft Excel Beginner To Advanced Course Overview

Excel - Microsoft Excel Beginner to Advanced course will help you learn the most important features of Excel focusing on data visualization and productivity. I'm using the version Microsoft Excel 2019 which is similar to Office 365 Excel, but the course is 90-95% compatible with MS Excel 2010, 2013, 2016, 2021, and 2022 versions.

If you're a beginner, in the first section you can learn Excel basics from scratch in 30 minutes.

Topics covered in the 30-min Getting Started With Excel lecture:

• Quick overview of the user interface
• How to save your Excel worksheet
• Drag & drop gesture
• Excel rows, columns, cells
• How to move between cells quickly
• Excel data entry
• Excel data types
• Excel formulas & references
• Excel operators
• How to select cells, ranges, columns, and rows in Excel
• Copy & paste data
• AutoComplete feature
• AutoFill feature
• What is function
• Define Name
• How to sort & filter your data in Excel
• How to create a simple chart with a few clicks
• Multiple worksheets
• Zoom function

Then we're going to go through several data visualization techniques that you can use to create Excel charts and impress your audience.

Projects covered:

• Highlight the max value dynamically on an Excel chart
• Discover Excel's conditional formatting feature to highlight key data in your table
• How to create a map chart that reads well by the viewer
• How to use icons in your bar charts to make it exciting
• How to create a progress chart in an infographic style

I dedicated an entire section to Excel shortcut keys showing you over 100 keyboard shortcuts. The more keyboard shortcuts you know the faster you can work in Excel and the more productive you can be.

Shortcuts covered in seven categories:

• General shortcuts
• Shortcuts for navigation
• Shortcuts for data entry
• Excel formatting shortcuts
• Selection shortcuts
• Shortcuts for formulas
• Miscellaneous shortcut keys

I created a section for the most frequently used Excel formulas/functions with lots of real-world examples in these topics:

• Relative vs. Absolute cell references explained
• working with date functions
• SUM(), SUMIF(), SUMIFS() functions
• MIN(), MAX(), AVERAGE(), COUNT() functions
• VLOOKUP(), HLOOKUP() functions examples
• INDEX(), MATCH(), XLOOKUP() functions to search data

We will discuss an advanced Excel topic in the final segment. I describe the operation of the PivotTable, one of Excel's most useful features. Many people are reluctant to utilize it, but I'll explain how to do it to you. We'll construct numerous reports as well as a PivotChart. I'll also discuss the fundamentals of database design. I will demonstrate how to utilize PivotTable with several tables after we develop a data model. Hence, Excel will function as a true database.

By taking this course you can really take your Excel skills to way above the average.

Don't worry if you're an absolute beginner. I'll explain everything step by step.

If you're already familiar with Excel, this course is a great refreshing session, and I'm pretty sure I will be able to show you new, interesting things.

Please watch the Intro video to see what you can expect from this course. Enjoy learning!