If you’re looking to improve your Microsoft Excel skills for work or your own personal development and consider yourself to be a beginner, then this course is for you.
It will give you practical Excel skills and knowledge to take away, from basic to intermediate levels.
You will learn simple formatting through to utilising formulas and creating reports.
Along the way we will show you plenty of hints, tips and shortcuts, to make using Excel easier, quicker and more efficient.
This course is suitable for users of Excel 2010/2013/2016/2019 & 365 (Also Excel for Mac).
Through a range of practical exercises, you will learn the essential Excel skills you need from basic formatting to using formulas and creating reports.
After the course, you will also be provided with helpful course notes for your own reference.
Below is a summary of the topics covered on the 1-day Beginners Excel course.
For a full course outline, see the Course Outline tab on the menu below - or click here to download a PDF
Whether you have been using Excel in a limited capacity, or you are a complete beginner, this course is designed for you.
If you already have a good knowledge of the basics of Excel take a look at our Intermediate / Advanced Excel Classes.
Pre-course Requirements
You do not need any prior knowledge of Microsoft Excel to attend this course but you should be comfortable using a laptop/PC/Mac.
Our 5 star rated Online Beginner Excel courses, are designed to recreate the classroom experience so that you get the maximum value from the session.
Our online course content mirrors that covered in our in-person Excel training.
Online sessions run from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
We understand that extended screen time can be draining.
That's why we've woven in frequent breaks, interactive exercises, and ample opportunities to engage with both the trainer and other delegates.
Our highly experienced trainers use a blend of live demonstrations and supervised exercises, with feedback that refines and integrates your learning experience, to develop your Excel skills.
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We are happy to run private Beginners or Intermediate Excel courses at your offices, at our Manchester office, or at a venue to suit you.
The course content can be adapted to suit your requirements. Our trainer will contact you to discuss what you are looking to achieve and the level of prior knowledge the delegates have.
Private Beginner Excel classes are ideal if you have a number of people to train, or you want a different course outline; or simply can't make the dates of the public scheduled courses.
Private classroom courses are available from £590 plus VAT
Private Online courses are available from £550 + VAT (6 hours).
The Online Beginner Excel courses are run on Zoom.
You will be sent a link to join the training session the day before the course along with any course materials needed.
The courses run from 9:30 am to 4/4:30 pm.
Because we limit the number of delegates to a maximum of 6 on our public courses specific timings are flexible, but generally, the day will run as follows:
9.20 am | Sign in
9.30 am | Start - First session
11.00 am | 15 min break
11.15 am | Second session
12.30 pm | 30 min break
1.00 pm | Third session
2.15 pm | 15 min break
2.30 pm | Fourth session
3.50 pm | Finish & Q&A
4.30pm | End
Find out more about how our online courses work on the Online Courses Page
Kirsty Long, Royal Bank of Scotland