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Microsoft Excel 365 - Basic & Advanced

4.7(2,786 reviews)
Estimated study time: 26h
Total video time: 5h 46m
Award-winning instructor: Ken Puls
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Beginner & Intermediate No prior experience needed
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Looking for the best Excel course online?

You found it! Microsoft Excel training can improve your skills and productivity, no matter your role or industry. GoSkills Basic and Advanced online Excel courses are CPD-accredited and can quickly improve anyone’s skill level — whether you’re a complete novice or already an Excel expert — all in a matter of hours!

Online Excel classes to help unlock your potential

By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with the real-world Excel knowledge needed to tackle everything from reports and charts to complex data analysis and project management.

Not to mention, earn major bragging rights after securing a highly sought-after Excel certification. 

By the end of this beginner-friendly course, you’ll be able to:

  • Navigate the Excel interface.
  • Boost Excel productivity with formulas and shortcuts.
  • Prepare data for analysis with organized and filtered data.
  • Master math, statistical, logic, and text functions to manipulate data.
  • Sort and filter data to quickly find important information.
  • Use charts and graphs to present clear insights.
  • Create and format Pivot Tables to summarize large data sets.
  • Automate repetitive Excel tasks.
  • Discover the latest features, like XLOOKUP, Dynamic Arrays, and LET functions.
  • Use data validation to restrict data entry and reduce input errors.
  • Customize page setup options for printing.

Over 100,000 people have learned practical, actionable Excel skills for business from our self-paced online classes to help them work smarter every single day.

Ready to add value, save time, and boost your productivity? Start mastering Excel today!

Syllabus

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  • 1
    The Ribbon Identify the terminology and elements of the Ribbon. 7m
  • 2
    The Work Surface Recognize the main terms used to describe Excel’s work canvas. 7m
  • 3
    Navigation Utilize the keyboard or mouse to select cells and ranges in a spreadsheet. 5m
  • 4
    Controlling Your Start Experience Decide what happens when you start the Excel application. 3m
  • 5
    Creating Your First File Create your first Excel file, enter data, and create a table. 5m
  • 6
    Formatting Format cells by selecting fonts and color fills to make information more attractive. 5m
  • 7
    Basic Math Utilize basic mathematics including multiplication and division in Excel. 5m
  • 1
    Formula Anatomy Understanding Excel Formula Anatomy 6m
  • 2
    Cell Referencing - Theory Learn about working with absolute and relative cell referencing. 7m
  • 3
    Cell Referencing - Example See absolute and relative cell referencing in practice, and learn about ways to copy and paste formulas. 9m
  • 4
    Function Anatomy Use to understand the anatomy of Excel functions and what their components mean. 7m
  • 5
    Math Functions Learn basic math functions including SUM, ROUND, and SUBTOTAL. 6m
  • 6
    Basic Statistics Learn basic statistical functions including COUNT, COUNTA, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, MEDIAN, and MODE. 6m
  • 7
    Logic Functions Learn to build standalone logical IF functions and make them more complex by nesting AND and OR within them. 6m
  • 8
    Text Functions Learn to break apart text with the LEFT, RIGHT, MID, FIND and SEARCH functions, and to combine text with the & character. 7m
  • 9
    Understanding Dates Understand how dates work in Excel using the TODAY, YEAR, MONTH, DAY, and DATE functions. 3m
  • 10
    Understanding Time Understand how time works in Excel and how to change from whole numbers into time increments and back again. 5m
  • 1
    Sorting Learn to sort data in Excel by a single column or by multiple columns. 4m
  • 2
    Filtering Learn to filter Excel data for specific words, dates, and apply multiple filters to a single data table. 4m
  • 3
    Naming Ranges Learn about creating named ranges and the benefits of doing so. 5m
  • 4
    Excel Tables Learn about creating Excel tables and their advantages. 6m
  • 5
    Recording Macros Learn to record basic Excel macros to automate your actions instead of doing them manually. 6m
  • 1
    Creating PivotTables Learn to create and modify basic PivotTables for quickly summarizing and highlighting data. 4m
  • 2
    Formatting PivotTables Learn to control formatting and other options in PivotTables. 6m
  • 3
    Calculated Fields in PivotTables Learn to create and modify basic calculated fields for PivotTables. 3m
  • 4
    What-If Analysis Learn to perform what-if analysis in Excel using the Scenario Manager and Goal-Seek. 4m
  • 1
    Unpivoting Data If you work with PivotTables a lot, you know that they put information out the way users want to read it, but you can't use it to drive another PivotTable. So what if there was an easy way to unpivot the data? There is, and it's called Power Query! 6m
  • 2
    Contiguous Data Learn tricks for consolidating your data so it's vertically contiguous (without blank rows) – for Tables, PivotTables, and Charts. 5m
  • 3
    Importing from Text Files Importing data from a text file into an Excel table. 6m
  • 4
    Appending Tables Appending tables is the process of stacking them vertically to create long tables that can be used to feed business intelligence solutions and PivotTables. 5m
  • 1
    Cell Formatting Learn to work with the Format Cells dialog to apply text rotation and borders, and to center data across multiple cells. 5m
  • 2
    Outlining Learn about adding and working with Excel’s outlining tools to quickly hide irrelevant sections of your worksheet. 5m
  • 3
    Custom Number Formats Learn to build your own custom number formats to display dates, values, and variances how you want to see them. 5m
  • 4
    Conditional Formats with Built-In Rules Learn to create top/bottom and highlight cell rules, as well as apply icon sets and data bars. 5m
  • 5
    Conditional Formats with Custom Rules Learn to create custom conditional formatting rules based on formulas. 5m
  • 6
    Building Column Charts Learn how to create an effective column chart by reducing ink and 'noise' that distract from the main messages. 4m
  • 7
    Building Bar Charts How to create an effective bar chart by reducing ink and noise that distract from the story. 3m
  • 8
    Building Pie Charts Learn how to build an effective pie chart, and when you should and shouldn’t use them. 4m
  • 9
    Building Line Charts How to create an effective line chart through careful manipulation of chart elements to enhance its storytelling ability. 5m
  • 10
    Building Combination Line and Area Charts When you want to graph 3 line series, but only want 2 in focus most of the time. 5m
  • 1
    Data Validation Learn how to use Data Validation to ensure that users enter valid data in input cells. 5m
  • 2
    Data Validation Lists Use to restrict users' ability to enter invalid data in cells by providing them with a drop-down list of valid options. 4m
  • 3
    Comments and Notes Learn about creating, reviewing, and printing Excel comments. 5m
  • 4
    Styles Learn how to apply built-in number styles and create your own custom styles packages. 4m
  • 1
    Introduction to Dynamic Arrays An introduction to the new Dynamic Arrays capability added to Microsoft 365. 6m
  • 2
    Introduction to FILTER Learn how to filter a range of data based on criteria you define with the FILTER function. 6m
  • 3
    FILTER and 'IFS' Functions Using FILTER to restrict the results of a Dynamic Array based on one or more conditions. 5m
  • 4
    FILTER with AND-OR Conditions Combining multiple conditions in a single FILTER to restrict the results of a Dynamic Array. 6m
  • 5
    XLOOKUP and Dynamic Arrays Advanced options for XLOOKUP including using wildcard matches and returning Dynamic Arrays as an output. 6m
  • 1
    Custom Views Learn how to create and manage Custom Views in a worksheet. 4m
  • 2
    Page Setup Options Learn about page setup options, fitting print jobs on a page, headers and footers, and other ways to customize print jobs. 5m
  • 3
    Security Considerations Learn about the setup and weaknesses of Excel’s security systems. 5m
  • 1
    Formula Auditing Learn to work with formula auditing tools including tracing precedent and dependent cells and formula evaluation. 5m
  • 2
    Conditional Math Learn to use SUMIF, COUNTIF, and SUMIFS to add cells only when certain conditions are met. 5m
  • 3
    The LET Function Learn to use LET to simplify complex formulas and make them easy to debug. 6m
  • 4
    External Links Learn about creating and updating external links, and about the potential dangers of external links in Excel. 6m
  • 5
    Temporal Functions Learn to work with the EOMONTH and EDATE functions that easily shift dates from one month or year to another. 4m
  • 6
    VLOOKUP with Exact Match Learn to use VLOOKUP to find an exact match and return it or the corresponding value from another column. 5m
  • 7
    Other Lookup Methods Learn to work with INDEX, MATCH, and HLOOKUP as alternatives to the VLOOKUP function. 5m
  • 8
    Introduction to XLOOKUP An introduction to the new XLOOKUP function. Bye, bye other lookups! 7m
  • 9
    VLOOKUP with Approximate Match Learn to use VLOOKUP to find an approximate match and return it or the corresponding value from another column. 5m

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded upon successful completion of the course.

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Instructor

Ken Puls

Ken Puls is a globally recognized authority in Microsoft Excel, Power Query, and Power BI, with over two decades of hands-on experience in accounting, IT, and business intelligence systems. His career began in public practice accounting and industry, where he served as both Controller and IT Director, leading numerous system implementations and designing custom business intelligence solutions from the ground up.

Ken’s deep technical expertise is matched by a passion for teaching and community engagement. He has authored several acclaimed books, including RibbonX – Customizing the Office 2007 Ribbon, Power Query Recipes, and Master Your Data with Power Query in Excel and Power BI. His writing reflects a clear, practical approach to solving real-world data challenges.

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FAQs

This online course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn Excel. No prior knowledge of Excel is required.

Whether you are a business professional, student, teacher, freelancer, or solopreneur, these online Excel classes will help you take your Excel skills to the next level.

Excel is the most used spreadsheet software across the globe, and is considered essential in many industries like administration, accounting, construction, real estate, sales and marketing to name a few.

Yes, our online Excel courses include downloadable exercise files and solutions, so you can practice what you learn in Excel alongside the video tutorials. The course also includes a quick reference guide and quiz for each lesson, to help you cement your knowledge.

The course is compatible with Microsoft 365 (previously known as Office 365) and Excel for Windows 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010. Also available: Excel for Mac.

Excel’s formula structure hasn’t changed since Excel 95, so the functions and formulas from the course can be used with almost any version of Excel. If you are using an older version than 2010, your interface will differ slightly to what is shown in the videos.

Yes, you can! This Excel training starts with the basics and is suitable for beginners. With each lesson, you will build your knowledge, going from beginner to intermediate and advanced lessons.

Once enrolled, our friendly support team and instructors are here to help with any course related inquiries.

If you prefer, you can skip the basic lessons and take our Advanced Excel course instead.

Our Excel training is self-paced, so you can complete it in your own time. Each bite-sized lesson consists of a 3-6 minute video tutorial, a practice exercise, a quiz, and a reference guide. This microlearning format makes it easy to fit learning into your busy schedule, so you can even complete a lesson during a lunch break or on your commute.

If you spend 30 minutes on average per lesson, this is about 26 hours to complete the course.

We’ll encourage you throughout to help you stay motivated, and you can track your progress on your profile with stats on daily streaks, lessons completed, and time spent learning.

Yes, we do! Here are the other Excel courses we offer:

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