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Introduction to Microsoft Excel

All that and a bag of macros.

  • Course Length: 3 weeks
  • Course Type: Short Course
  • Category:
    • Life Skills
    • Technology and Computer Science
    • Middle School
    • High School

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Microsoft Excel: the program, the myth, and the very formulaic legend. You might have heard businesspeople discussing the greatness of Excel over tall, non-fat lattes, but don't let that scare you away—every time you start a new Excel document, you'll be warmly embraced by a blank spreadsheet and a sprinkling of random buttons.

Uh…yeah. That's why Shmoop's here to orient you to the nuanced ways of Microsoft Excel.

Excel's different from…just about every other Microsoft Office app. You can't just start typing and figure things out as you go, unless you love massive headaches. You need data and a little knowledge about how things go down in cell-town before you wind up with a data-collecting, data-predicting spreadsheet superstar.

That's where this course comes in. In fifteen lessons, complete with readings, activities, and a lot of database basics, we'll cover things like

  • formulas.
  • templates.
  • charts.
  • macros.
  • pivot tables.

Sound glamorous? Yep. And when you're 19 and running a Fortune 500 company from your dorm room all through Microsoft Excel and four tall, non-fat lattes a day, we'll say we knew you way back when…

Unit Breakdown

1 Introduction to Microsoft Excel - Introduction to Microsoft Excel

In this 15-lesson course, you'll learn everything about cells they never taught you in Biology—like formulas, macros, and pivot tables. There's also all the other Excelly goodness, from templates to titles. Basically, you'll be ready for your MBA in no time.