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10 Excel Formulas to Work Smarter

Most useful functions that will save you time on the job

Created byLeila Gharani
IntermediateUpdated Oct 30, 2019

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleLearn the 10 most useful Excel formulas.
  • check_circleSave time with smart shortcuts and functions.
  • check_circlePerform accurate calculations and analysis.
  • check_circleAutomate repetitive spreadsheet tasks.
  • check_circleApply formulas to real-world work scenarios.
  • check_circleIncrease speed and efficiency in Excel.

About This Course

The Top 10 Excel Formulas Course introduces you to the most powerful and time-saving functions every professional should know. Whether you're in accounting, finance, operations, or administration, these formulas will help you work faster, smarter, and with greater accuracy—right where it matters most.

Through hands-on examples and easy-to-follow instructions, you’ll learn how to apply these essential functions to real-world tasks like data analysis, reporting, and decision-making. This course is perfect for anyone looking to boost their productivity and confidence in Excel—no advanced skills required.

Course Content

4 activities • 13 videos • duration: 2h 48m

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Introduction-Part12 videos • 5 min
  • videocamCourse Introduction
    Duration 2:26
  • videocamOverview of Top Excel formulas
    Duration 3:26
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The Essentials-Part13 videos • 31 min
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The Expert-Part15 videos • 1.4 hours
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The Guru-Part13 videos • 45 min

Your Instructor

Leila Gharani

Microsoft Excel MVP

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Her goal is to help you get the most out of Excel. She is a Microsoft Excel MVP and has over 15 years of experience implementing and training users on Management Information Systems of different sizes and nature. The scope ranges from smaller systems to Excel, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and SAP applications. Her passion is teaching and solving difficult Excel problems. She places great value on keeping her training sessions not only informative but also interesting. With technical topics like Excel, students learn the most when they attempt to solve a problem on their own. They are most engaged when they make mistakes and attempt to fix these. For this reason, she makes sure to include enough examples and exercises for students to download and work with.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.5 out of 5
Student's Choice
92 reviews
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    Carlo R.
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    The presenter, format, pace and explanations were top notch... designed for advanced users and very well done

  • LP
    Linnaeus P.
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    excellent course with a very competent and easy-to-understand instructor

  • HH
    Hongfei H.
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    The course is very detailed and informative. great course

  • ND
    Nootan D.
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    Very well explained with practice exercises for self-study.

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