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Microsoft Excel 2021/365 - Beginner Course Part 1

Learn the essentials of Microsoft Excel 2021/365 with this comprehensive beginners’ course!

Created bySimon Sez ITworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Jan 21, 2025
Microsoft Excel 2021/365 - Beginner Course Part 1

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleWhat’s new in Excel 2021
  • check_circleHow to navigate the Excel 2021 interface
  • check_circleUseful keyboard shortcuts to increase productivity
  • check_circleHow to create your first Excel spreadsheet
  • check_circleBasic and intermediate Excel formulas and functions
  • check_circleTo effectively apply formatting to cells and use conditional formatting
  • check_circleEffective use of Excel lists and sorting and filtering
  • check_circleTo work efficiently by using the cut, copy, and paste options
  • check_circleLinking to other worksheets and workbooks
  • check_circleHow to analyze data using charts
  • check_circleHow to insert pictures into a spreadsheet
  • check_circleHow to work with views, zooms, and freezing panes
  • check_circleSetting page layout and print options
  • check_circleProtecting and sharing workbooks
  • check_circleSaving your workbook in different file formats

About This Course

Learn the essentials of Microsoft Excel 2021 with this comprehensive beginners’ course!

Excel 2021 is the latest stand-alone release from Microsoft and includes many of the features and functionalities currently available only in the subscription-based Excel 365.

If you have no Excel experience whatsoever, then this course is the perfect starting point for you. Perhaps you have some basic Excel knowledge, and you want to upgrade from an older version of Excel or sharpen your skills. Well, this training will get you up to speed.

The course is 11 hours long (part 1 + part 2), with 100 individual video lessons and exercises (50 in this part). It includes downloadable course files and exercise files, so you can follow along with the instructor and then practice what you have learned at the end of each section.

Course Content

8 activities • 50 videos • duration: 5h 39m

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Introduction-Part12 videos • 1 quiz • 7 min
  • videocamCourse Introduction
    Duration 2:20
  • videocamExcel 2021 vs Excel for Microsoft 365
    Duration 5:39
  • quizReview Questions
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Getting Started in Excel 2021-Part19 videos • 1 quiz • 1.1 hours
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Creating You First Excel Spreadsheet-Part16 videos • 1 quiz • 47 min
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Introduction to Excel Formulas and Functions-Part110 videos • 1 quiz • 1.2 hours
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Using Named Ranges-Part15 videos • 1 quiz • 22 min
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Formatting Numbers and Cells-Part15 videos • 1 quiz • 33 min
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Formatting Worksheets-Part15 videos • 1 quiz • 39 min
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Working with Excel Lists-Part18 videos • 1 quiz • 52 min

Your Instructor

Simon Sez IT

Since 2008, we've taught 2 million learners in over 190 countries, with 200+ courses

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Since its formation in 2008, Simon Sez IT has been educating learners with one goal in mind: to make business and technical software simple to learn. The company extensive library of over 10,000 videos across more than 200 courses delivers comprehensive training for the most popular software applications used by professionals worldwide. Courses include training in everyday IT applications, from Microsoft suite of office productivity tools to more niche applications such as QuickBooks, Power BI and many more. Aimed at every level of proficiency, Simon Sez IT courses are designed to give learners the ability to quickly evolve from beginner to advanced, or to drop in at their relevant level and acquire new skills to continue in their development path. Simon Sez IT subject matter experts bring knowledge and practical insights to video-based courses and practice exercises – all designed to help learners immediately apply new knowledge and master learning goals. More than two million learners have relied on Simon Sez IT for its quality and engaging coursework. Student feedback is consistently ranked among the best in the industry, with particular emphasis on the quality, detail and delivery of the course materials. Many indicate that upon completion of a course, they are more confident and proficient in their area of study, and their skills have helped them progress in their careers.

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

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    Contents are good.

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