Basic Excel Training Course

Our Basic Excel training course can be carried out in all versions of Microsoft.

All of our Microsoft Excel training courses are full day courses, typically running from 9:30am to 4pm with two coffee breaks and a lunch break throughout to break up the course. Timings can be slightly flexible though to fit in with your needs. We can also create a bespoke course to tailor the contents of the course to your needs. Just ask, we’d be happy to help.

Key Content

The key content that is covered in the course can be found below:

 

  • The Excel Screen Environment
  • Ribbons, Tabs, Customisation
  • Selecting Cells
  • Entering Text and Numbers. Cell formatting
  • Editing, Cut, Copy, Paste
  • Formatting Text. Cell styles
  • Shading and borders
  • Inserting rows and columns
  • Simple Formulae. Autosum, Percentages
  • Headers & Footers
  • Common Functions
  • Differences between Relative & Absolute References
  • Page setup, Printing & Zoom
  • Other Simple Functions for example hiding, freezing, conditional formatting
  • Exercises throughout

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to enable the trainee to create and format individual worksheets learning how to use simple cell and column formatting skills. In addition there will be considerable emphasis placed upon the simple mathematical symbols  and simple functions used in Excel. Navigational procedures like hiding and freezing will be covered along with conditional formatting.

FAQs

How is the Basic Excel training course structured?
We cover a variety of topics in our basic Excel course. The topics are structured to build on throughout the day. There is also a mid morning break, lunch break and mid afternoon break planned in to make sure that it isn’t too much information for you in one go.

 

Does the training cover the latest Microsoft Office 365 updates?
Definitely. The majority of the content of our Excel training courses transfers across and is compatible with any future updates of Microsoft 365. As well as this though, all of our Excel 365 training courses are reviewed regularly to ensure any new tools and features are not missed out.

 

How can Microsoft Excel training benefit my business?
Excel is one of the most widely used Microsoft packages and so training in it will benefit any member of staff greatly. It can increase your team’s productivity, develop existing data analysis skills further and strengthen their ability to communicate effectively, helping your business stand out in any industry.

 

How do I know if this is the right level course for my Excel training needs?
You will be the best person to know what your knowledge of Excel is. We say that a good indicator of your level, is that if you know at least 80% of the content covered confidently then you are ok to go on the next level course. However if you are unsure, we suggest it is best to do the level to make sure you are confident enough to move onto the next one.

 

Comments and Testimonials

Direct Air Testimonial – helping train staff in Microsoft 365 packages

JPL IT Training has provided exceptional remote training for members of our Sales & Marketing team. The team had varying levels of Microsoft knowledge, so the training covered Word, Excel and PowerPoint. All of the team found the courses they attended really useful. As a result they have been implementing key takeaways in their day-to-day work such as shortcuts and formatting tools. The training was 1-2-1 and very flexible to each learners’ requirements. This style was a fantastic method of training for our business. Thank you to John & Rachel!

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Carpet & Flooring – Helping train staff in Microsoft 365 packages

JPL created and conducted a bespoke Excel training program based on our requirements, and both John and Rachel exceeded our expectations in the delivery of this. Delegates were from a variety of departments and had varying levels of experience, yet John and Rachel were accommodating and engaging to ensure this training was effective to all. The team found the training informative, useful to their day job, and fun, and look forward to participating in future courses with JPL

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Build It International testimonial – helping those that help others

Thanks to @johnlegge for our recent Excel training session helping us to manipulate data quicker and more effectively 📊📈 Lots of really useful hints and tips that we’ve already been putting into practise! #MasterYourData 🤓 #BuildingBrighterFutures

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Lime Marketing – delivering bespoke training courses for staff

John has delivered Excel, Word and Outlook training to us at Lime Marketing over the last few months, he has trained around 20 employees and has created bespoke courses to suit our time, money and skill requirements. I’m pleased to say that the individual feedback from our team has been brilliant, everyone has come away feeling more confident and knowledgeable, from a business point of view it is fantastic to see employees valuing and enjoying Johns sessions and most importantly using new skills in the workplace. We look forward to continuing to work with John.

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Move With Us testimonial – helping train staff in Excel

I had a workshop session with John on a survey report that was taking a considerable amount of time to complete. John explained to us that if we changed how we were initially setting out the data that the production of reports and pivot tables would be much quicker.

The Excel training we had over the course of the next two days was fantastic. John managed to keep us all focussed, he is a very engaging trainer. We were all eager to get back to our desks and start implementing what we’d learnt to make our report running much more efficient.

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