Excel Introduction | Training Course

Excel Introduction

Just wanted to thank you for organising our training – our trainer was really brilliant and helpful, and the team will find the training really beneficial. Please pass on a massive thanks to everyone!
The Event Umbrella
March 2025
Excel Introduction

Our trainer was great. She was very attentive and ensured we practised the various Excel skills we went through so we gradually built up our knowledge. Overall a highly effective session.
Evercore
February 2025
Excel Introduction

It was very interesting and the presenter was really nice! Thank you.

January 2025
Excel Intermediate

The course was very well structured and communication was very effective. Everything appeared to build well upon knowledge previously gained and the instructor made the course enjoyable.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

I genuinely enjoyed the content. It was incredibly useful. I would definitely be interested in doing another one. The content was very well explained and I was offered help when I needed it.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

Training very good as the trainer will go at the speed you want and will cover anything you need. The training program itself is brilliant. Really enjoyed it.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

It was interesting to see how I can take Excel beyond basic functions and find lots of shortcuts that will make normal use easier and quicker.
Structural Soils Ltd
January 2025
Excel Intermediate

Lovely trainer!! Thank you so much, we have all learned in a supportive way and you have shown me new shortcuts and tools to make my work life and personal life easier.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

Wonderful trainer - fun, friendly, informative and comprehensive course! Thank you very much indeed.
Structural Soils Ltd
January 2025
Great delivery, enjoyable training session.

February 2025
An excellent trainer with extreme depth of knowledge in the product. Also some really good and helpful shortcuts.

February 2025

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1 day course
Our Trainers are Authorised Professionals
Live Online or Classroom-based
Certificate of completion
Maximum class size of 6 for scheduled courses
Unlimited support after your course
Courses at all levels: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclasses

Course Outline

Getting Started - Essential Skills
Data Input
Navigation and Selection Techniques
Creating Simple Formulae
Basic Functions
Workbook Structure
Formatting Data
Charts

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Just wanted to thank you for organising our training – our trainer was really brilliant and helpful, and the team will find the training really beneficial. Please pass on a massive thanks to everyone!
The Event Umbrella
March 2025
Excel Introduction

Our trainer was great. She was very attentive and ensured we practised the various Excel skills we went through so we gradually built up our knowledge. Overall a highly effective session.
Evercore
February 2025
Excel Introduction

It was very interesting and the presenter was really nice! Thank you.

January 2025
Excel Intermediate

The course was very well structured and communication was very effective. Everything appeared to build well upon knowledge previously gained and the instructor made the course enjoyable.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

I genuinely enjoyed the content. It was incredibly useful. I would definitely be interested in doing another one. The content was very well explained and I was offered help when I needed it.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

Training very good as the trainer will go at the speed you want and will cover anything you need. The training program itself is brilliant. Really enjoyed it.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

It was interesting to see how I can take Excel beyond basic functions and find lots of shortcuts that will make normal use easier and quicker.
Structural Soils Ltd
January 2025
Excel Intermediate

Lovely trainer!! Thank you so much, we have all learned in a supportive way and you have shown me new shortcuts and tools to make my work life and personal life easier.
Structural Soils Ltd
February 2025
Excel Intermediate

Wonderful trainer - fun, friendly, informative and comprehensive course! Thank you very much indeed.
Structural Soils Ltd
January 2025
Great delivery, enjoyable training session.

February 2025
An excellent trainer with extreme depth of knowledge in the product. Also some really good and helpful shortcuts.

February 2025

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Overview of Excel Introduction

This one day course will teach you the essentials of Excel and give you the skills needed by a typical spreadsheet user in business organisations today. As you apply Excel's functionality to your facts and figures, you will be able to gain new levels of insight into your business. You'll see trends over time, or by product or service. You learn how to calculate totals and other aggregation results and in short, create real information from what was only data. After attending our course, you'll be able to use Excel to help you organise, amend, calculate, analyse and present your data in ways that will help you make sense out of your plain rows and columns. Topics covered include Getting Started and Essential Skills, Data Input, Navigation and Selection Techniques, Creating Simple Formulae, Basic Functions, Workbook Structure, Formatting Data, Charts and Printing.

Course Outline for the Excel Introduction Training Course

Getting Started - Essential Skills

Understanding the Excel interface
Customising the Quick Access Toolbar and status bar
Opening, saving and closing workbooks
The size of a worksheet

Data Input

Entering text, dates, and numbers into cells
Use Autofill to copy data
Understanding the difference between deleting and clearing cell contents
Reorganising content with sorting techniques

Navigation and Selection Techniques

Fast techniques for navigation
Selecting data within worksheets - rows, columns, ranges

Creating Simple Formulae

Creating calculations using mathematical operators
Using BODMAS (Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction)
Working with both relative and absolute cell addresses

Basic Functions

Create calculations using common functions such as SUM, MIN, MAX and AVERAGE
Some common text manipulation functions such as LOWER(), UPPER() and PROPER()
Building data phrases using CONCATENATE()
The value of the IF() function for testing conditios

Workbook Structure

Inserting worksheets
Moving worksheets
Naming/renaming worksheets
Deleting worksheets

Formatting Data

Applying formatting to text, dates and numbers
Inserting and deleting columns and rows
Adjusting column widths and row heights

Charts

Presenting your data in various chart formats
Creating, editing and manipulating charts

Printing

Setting your data up for printing
Including headers and footers
Setting specific print area
Print to PDF

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Useful Links

Excel home page – Microsoft page helping you turn data into insights with free and premium spreadsheets
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Excel Wikipedia page – The history and capabilities of Excel
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