Microsoft Excel - Improve your skills quickly (Udemy.com)
Pivot Tables, Charts, Sparklines, functions, formulas and more - in just a couple of hours
Created by: Phillip Burton
Last updated December 2024
What you will learn
- Create Tables, PivotTables, PivotCharts and Sparklines
- Add Conditional Formatting, Filters - and even use a bit of Visual Basic for Applications
- Use SUM, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, OFFSET and INDIRECT functions
- Find out what you need to know about Excel to continue your learning.
Course Description
Welcome to this course about Microsoft Excel. You can use any version of Excel in this course, whether it is Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, or Excel 365.
A lot of people use some of the features in Excel and just muddle through - not many use all of the functions.
In this course, I take my favorite features and functions, and show you how you can make your Excel life easier by using them.
Learn more about formatting, filters and conditional formatting - they can improve the presentation of your spreadsheets with just a few clicks.
Create tables, PivotTables, Chart, PivotCharts and Sparklines - create analyses very quickly.
Find out how powerful Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is - automate your code.
And learn functions such as SUM, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, OFFSET and iNDIRECT - translated into 15 different languages.
There are also a couple of Practice Activities, so that you can do these exercises and see how much you have learned.
In just a couple of hours, you can see how much time and frustration you can save knowing a few additional features - and you'll find out how much more you can learn.
Afterwards, we'll investigate what you should know about Excel, having a look at the official Microsoft exams for a guide.
Instructor Details
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9,076 Reviews
Phillip Burton
Hi. I'm Phillip, and I'm proud to Teach with Udemy as a Udemy Instructor Partner. I have been teaching on Udemy since 2015, and I have over 1,000,000 students and more than 60 video courses, including over a dozen Bestseller courses.
My courses include Microsoft Power BI and Fabric, Tableau, SQL Server, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, etc.), Azure, Microsoft Office, and more. The majority of my courses align with the requirements for official certifications from Microsoft, Oracle, and Tableau - so with a bit of practice, you could enter the exam or assessment and put it on your CV or resume.
I have been a Computing Consultant providing expert services in the development of computer systems and data analysis. I am one of 9 award winning Experts for Experts Exchange's 11th Annual Expert Awards. My interests are working with data, including Microsoft Power BI, Excel, Access, SQL Server, and the Power Platform.
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Reviews
By Abdullah Hassan Mohamed on 7/18/2026
It was an incredible experience to learn basics about excel and I have learned from it however I want to recognize more about Visual basic
By Vera Swift on 5/20/2026
Very user friendly and explains steps at a good pace to be able to follow along.
By Genesis Grace Magadia on 5/13/2026
i didnt know there are free courses like this here. so far very helpful and informative. great
By Pranav R Mallya on 4/6/2026
through this video i came to knew more new things on filters and features on excel.
By Abdulrasheed Abdulganiyu on 2/20/2026
it was really good watching this course it improved my analytical skills
By Dea Aisyah Wulandari on 2/19/2026
Amazing course; I already practice. I like the way he teaches to the point, but sometimes difficult for me to understand how to select entire rows automatically, like in the video. I think you have to know the basics of using Excel before starting.
By MelissaHParham@gmail.com on 2/3/2026
yes, I like that it's titled to do exactly what I had in mind - improve my skills quickly. A little more emphasis on 'how' as well as 'what' on frequent tasks could be helpful. The Excel pivot table interface can be a lot to take in.
By J L on 1/7/2026
I definitely learned quite a lot that I had not known before. I want to further my studies to include advanced formulas and macros, so will see if this gentleman has more classes.
By Nipun Gupta on 12/6/2025
I got to learn a lot of more things and new functions on excel which is definitely help me in my professional journey.
By Joel Ablay Calugcugan on 11/27/2025
Very important for this course for my reporting especially using excel. Thanks for this
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