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Easy Excel Basics for Beginners - Get Started with Excel

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Overview

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Learn Microsoft Excel basics from the beginning. Spreadsheets, shortcuts and formulas. Good for Excel 2010, 2013 & 2016.

Learn the basics of Excel quickly and easily.

This course is for you if you know that you need to get started learning Excel, but have just been too busy or felt too overwhelmed by the idea of studying.

This course will show you the basics of how to use Excel, how to create a basic spreadsheet, how to navigate quickly through a spreadsheet, how to create simple mathematical formulas and some shortcuts and keystrokes to save you lots of time.

You can go through this course in about 30 minutes. At the end you'll know how to create a sample spreadsheet that can calculate estimated kitchen remodeling costs automatically.

If you're ready to get your feet wet quickly and painlessly, take this easy introduction to Excel course and you'll see that using Excel can be easier than you think.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to Microsoft Excel Basics
  • The Power and Possibilities of Excel Templates
  • Saving Your Excel File Where You Can Find It
  • Entering Data Into Your Worksheet
  • Easy Ways to Select Cells in Your Worksheet
  • How to Use Simple Formulas to Add and Multiply
  • Adding and Formatting a Heading
  • Entering and Alphabetizing Words In Your Worksheet
  • Entering and Formatting Numbers In Your Worksheet
  • Using Formulas to Multiply and Add Your Data
  • Final Formatting - Add Borders and Color
  • Printing Your Work
  • Excel Basics Conclusion

Taught by

Steve McDonald

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