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Free Excel Courses and Resources
Excel Self-Assessment Tool
Free Excel Online Exercises
Excel Basics – Zero to Hero
Excel Tests
Top 10 formulas and functions in Excel
Vlookup – Tutorial with Example and Exercise Sheet
Pivot Tables Tutorial
Excel Shortcuts – Windows and Mac
HOT! – Excel Mortgage Calculator – Calculate your mortgage payments and get the payment schedule for the entire period of the loan – Step-by-step tutorial on how to build a Mortgage Calculator in Excel.
New! Excel Online Cheat Sheet – A Quick Guide To Excel’s Web Version
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Suggest a tutorial here!
Excel Basics – Start here if you are new to Excel! Learn how Excel works, how to perform basic calculations, and how to use cell references to save time and increase efficiency!
Addition (Plus)
Subtraction (Minus)
Multiplication
Excel Shortcuts for Windows – Master Excel Shortcuts to save time and increase efficiency!
Excel Shortcuts for Mac – Learn how to make the most of Excel on your Mac!

Formulas/Functions

SUM function – Sum multiple values in Excel
MAX – find the maximum value in a range
MIN – find the minimum value in a range
COUNT – Count numeric values in a range
COUNTA – Count numeric and textual values
AVERAGE – Calculate average of a range
Filtering in Excel – Learn how to filter your data using Excel’s Filter Tool
Excel Sort – Learn how to sort your data in Excel.
Flash Fill – Excel’s hidden gem for auto-completing data based on a pattern
Remove Duplicates – Remove duplicate values in a single column or multiple columns!

Intermediate

Conditional.

IF function – check if a condition is met
NESTED IF – Multiple if conditions
Conditional Formatting – Format Excel Cells based on criteria
COUNTIF – Count cells in range which meet a certain criteria
SUMIF – Sum range based on criteria
AVERAGEIF – Calculate the average of a range based on criteria
SUMIFS – Sum cells using multiple criteria
COUNTIFS – Count cells using multiple criteria
MAXIFS – Find maximum value in a range based on criteria
MINIFS – Find minimum value in a range based on criteria
AND/OR – Check if multiple criteria are met (Works great when combined with an IF function!)
ISBLANK – Check if a cell is blank or not
VLOOKUP – lookup value and return corresponding value from a table
HLOOKUP – lookup value and return corresponding value from a table
Hot!!! XLOOKUP – Excel’s next generation lookup function which combines the best features from VLOOKUP, INDEX MATCH, HLOOKUP and IFERROR/IFNA

Pivot tables

Pivot Table – Quickly Analyze and Summarize your data using Excel’s most powerful tool!

Text Formulas

LEFT, MID, RIGHT – Basic Text Functions
HOT! – TEXTBEFORE & TEXTAFTER – Extract text before or after a delimiter using Excel’s brand new powerful functions!
HOT! – TEXTSPLIT – Split your text into multiple cells using this super powerful new function!
TEXTJOIN – Easily combine multiple cells using delimiter
CONCAT – Combine range of cells without delimiter
CONCATENATE – Combine two cells or more into one cell
LEN – Find the length of a cell
FIND – Find the position of a text within another text (Case-sensitive)
SEARCH – Find the position of a text within another text (Case-insensitive)
SUBSTITUTE – Replace text with another text in a cell/expression
TRIM – Remove extra spaces from the text
LOWER, UPPER, PROPER – Convert text to lowercase, uppercase and proper case
VALUE – Convert data stored as text into values
TEXT – Convert and format numbers into text
Text to Columns – Quickly split a column into multiple columns using a delimiter. Bonus – Quickly change date formats or convert text to numbers!
FORMULATEXT – display a formula in another cell as text

Date functions

DAY, MONTH, YEAR – Extract day, month and year from a date in Excel
DATE – Create a date from individual values
WEEKDAY – Return the number of the day of the week
EOMONTH – Return the date of the last day of the month based on a specific date

Index & Match lookup

INDEX – Retrieve cell in nth position in a range
MATCH – Find position of value in a range
INDEX MATCH – Just like VLOOKUP, only better.

Other advanced tools

SUMPRODUCT – Sum the products of Excel ranges
Excel Wildcards – Advanced searching and matching in Excel
Advanced Filter – Filter by multiple criteria in the same column, or even in different columns!

Power Query

Combine data from multiple Excel workbooks using Power Query
Column from Examples tool – Learn the secret to mastering Power Query without any prior knowledge!
Unpivot columns easily using Power Query

Secret Excel Functions

This section covers Excel functions that are not available in most of Excel’s versions. These functions will unlock a new set of capabilities such as fining only unique values, sorting, and filtering – the tutorials below will help you with mastering Excel’s new functions!

UNIQUE – Extract unique values from a range
SORT Function – Sort range dynamically
SORTBY – Sort range dynamically by using another range
FILTER Function – Filter range by specific criteria
RANDARRAY – Create an array of random numbers
SEQUENCE – Create a range of sequential values
LET – Assign values and calculations to names to improve your formula’s ease of use, readability, and performance!
HOT! – LAMBDA – The mother of all functions that will help you create amazing and powerful custom functions for your own need!
VSTACK – Vertically stack arrays/ranges in Excel
HSTACK – Horizontally stack arrays/ranges in Excel
CHOOSEROWS – Return specific rows from a range or array
CHOOSECOLS – Return specific columns from a range or array
TOROW – Convert a range/array into a single row
TOCOL – Convert a range/array into a single column

Financial Functions

Learn how to use Excel to make financial calculations!

Excel Financial Calculator – quickly calculate PV, FV, PMT, NPV, IRR
PMT – Calculate the periodic payment amount of a loan, mortgage, or another financial instrument
PPMT & IPMT – Find the Principal and Interest portion of a certain payment
PV – Find the Present Value of a loan, mortgage, or any other financial instrument

Excel Macros – VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)

Start here – How to run your first VBA Macro in Excel without knowing VBA?

Excel Data Sheets for Practice

Want to do some freestyle practice? Create your own Excel playground with our blank excel Worksheet!

Excel-Online Blank Worksheet
Excel Practice Data

How to Calculate in Excel – Excel-Online Calculators

How to Calculate GPA in Excel
How to Calculate BMI in Excel
How to Calculate Density in Excel
How to Calculate Weighted Average in Excel

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Modules Covered in this Free Excel Training

Module 1 - excel basics (for beginners).

This video is meant for Excel beginners. In this video, I will show you the different parts of Excel working area.

In this video, you’ll learn about the following topics:

Structure of the Excel working area,
How to navigate in Excel,
Ribbons and tabs,
Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
Dialog Box & Task Panes,
Customizing ribbons and QAT,
What is an active cell
How to use ALT shortcuts

Module 2 - EXCEL ESSENTIALS

In this video of this Free Online Excel Training, you’ll learn how to use Excel tables.

Excel tables are amazing, especially if you plan to work with a lot of data/ dashboards /models.

In this video, I cover the following topics:

Creating an Excel Table
Excel Table features
Structured references
Table slicers

Note that table slicers became available only from Excel 2013 version onward.

Overview of Excel Tables
How to Remove Table Formatting in Excel

In this video of this Free Online Excel Training, you will learn about tools that can help you when working with data in Excel.

In this lesson, I cover the following topics:

Autofill : This allows you to quickly fill data in contiguous cells. For example, you can have ‘Jan’ and ‘Feb’ in two adjacent cells and then you can use Autofill to get the other month names
Custom Lists : Custom lists allows you to create your own lists that you can use in Autofill. For example, if you have 20 names, you can create a custom list and then use Autofill to get all the names by just dragging the mouse
Flash Fill : Flash fill is a new feature in Excel 2013 and allows you to identify a pattern in data and perform data slice and dice based on the pattern
Fill Handle in Excel
Flash Fill in Excel
Create your own sorting criteria (with custom lists)
Separate First and Last Name in Excel (Using Flash Fill)

In this video of this Free Online Excel Training, you will learn all about number formatting in Excel.

This video covers the following topics:

How to access number formatting options
Using number formatting options using a dialog box
Using custom number formatting

Remember that formatting a number in Excel only changes how it’s displayed, but the underlying value remains the same.

Custom Number Formatting
Format Numbers as Text in Drop Down Lists
Convert Text to Numbers
Make Negative Numbers Red

MODULE 3 - EXCEL FORMULAS

In this video of this Free Online Excel Training, you will learn how to get started with Excel formulas.

Constituents of Excel formula
Operators in formulas
Entering a formula in Excel
Editing a formula
Absolute/relative cell references
Copying/pasting formulas in Excel, and
Formula auditing and debugging.
Excel Formula Debugging
100+ Excel Functions (explained with examples)
Absolute, Relative, and Mixed Cell References in Excel
Excel Formulas Not Working: Possible Reasons and How to FIX IT!
Function vs Formula in Excel

In this video of this Free Online Excel Training, you will learn about the following logical formulas:

AND function
OR function
NOT function
TRUE function
FALSE function
IF function
IFERROR function
IS function
Avoid Nested IF with VLOOKUP
Using IFERROR with VLOOKUP

In this video of this Free Online Excel Training, you will learn about the MATH formulas

INT function
MOD function
RAND function
RANDBETWEEN function
ROUND function
SUM function
SUMIF function
SUMIFS function
SUMPRODUCT function
Random Team Generator Template

In this video of this Free Excel Training, you will learn about the following LOOKUP and REFERENCE formulas:

VLOOKUP function
HLOOKUP function
INDEX function
MATCH function
OFFSET function
INDIRECT function
ROW function
ROWS function
COLUMN function
COLUMNS function
VLOOKUP Vs INDEX MATCH
VLOOKUP with multiple criteria
Case sensitive VLOOKUP
Use VLookup to Get the Last Number in a List in Excel
Lookup the Second, the Third, or the Nth Value in Excel
Find the Last Occurrence of a Lookup Value a List in Excel

In this video of this Free Excel Training, you will learn about the following STAT formulas:

AVERAGE function
AVERAGEIF function
AVERAGEIFS function
COUNT function
COUNTA function
COUNTBLANK function
COUNTIF function
COUNTIFS function
LARGE function
SMALL function
RANK function
MAX function
MIN function
Weighted Average in Excel
Standard Deviation in Excel
AVERAGEIFS in Excel

In this video of this Free Excel Training, you will learn about the following TEXT formulas:

LEFT function
RIGHT function
MID function
LEN function
LOWER function
PROPER function
UPPER function
FIND function
REPLACE function
SUBSTITUTE function
TEXT function
Word Count in Excel
Split Cells in Excel
Extract a Substring in Excel
Concatenate Excel Ranges
Find Position of the Last Occurrence of a Character in a String in Excel

In this video of this Free Excel Training, you will learn about the following DATE and TIME formulas:

DAY function
HOUR function
MINUTE function
DATE function
DATEVALUE function
TODAY function
NOW function
WEEKDAY function
NETWROKDAYS function
NETWORKDAYS.INTL function
WORKDAY function
WORKDAY.INTL function
Calculate Number of Days between two dates
Calculate Time in Excel (Time Difference, Hours Worked, Add/ Subtract)
Excel DATEDIF Function
Excel Holiday Calendar Template
Calculate Age in Excel
Insert Date and Time Stamp in Excel
Convert Time to Decimal Number in Excel
How to Remove Time from Date/Timestamp in Excel

In this video of this Free Excel Training, I will show you some advanced formula examples that involves using one or more than functions.

I cover the following topics this video:

Compare Lists, Get Unique List
Get the Closest Match
Get Last Value in the List
Find Last Occurrence of an Item in a List
2 Way and 3 Way Lookup using Index/Match
Count the Number of Words
Extract Username from Email Id
Find the First Monday of the Month
Extract Data using Drop Down List
Compare two columns in Excel
Extract Username from Email
INDEX MATCH (Examples)
How to Compare Two Excel Sheets (for differences)
20 Advanced Excel Functions and Formulas (for Excel Pros)

MODULE 4 - DATA ANALYSIS

In this video of this Free training, you will learn about using Named Ranges in Excel.

Creating Named Ranges
Managing Named Ranges
Important Keyboard Shortcuts
Creating Dynamic Named Ranges using OFFSET and INDEX formulas
Named Ranges in Excel
Picture Lookup in Excel
Excel OFFSET Function

In this video of this Free training, you will learn about using data validation and drop-down lists.

Data Validation Criteria
Input Message
Customizing Error Messages
Circle Invalid Entries
Advanced Data Validation Tricks (such as Create Dependent Validation, Make Sub Headings in Validation, Disguise Numbers as Text, Creating Dynamic Drop Down List)
Drop Down list in Excel
Dependent Drop Down List in Excel
Extract Data from Drop Down List Selection in Excel .
Select Multiple Items from a Drop Down List in Excel .
Creating a Dynamic Excel Filter Search Box .
Display Main and Subcategory in Drop Down List in Excel .
How to Insert Checkbox in Excel .
Using a Radio Button (Option Button) in Excel

In this video of this Free training, you will learn about data sorting and filtering in Excel. It covers the following topics:

Data Sorting
Multi-Levels of Sorting
Data Filtering
Advanced Filtering
Filtering and Sorting in Excel Data Tables
Data Sorting in Excel
Multiple Level Data Sorting in Excel
Sort Worksheets in Excel (VBA)
Sort Data in Alphabetical Order Automatically
Sort by Color in Excel
Sort Data using VBA
Delete rows based on cell value in Excel

In this video of this Free training, you will learn about the amazing conditional formatting.

Introduction to Conditional Formatting
Using Formula in Conditional Formatting
Advanced Examples (Highlight Every Nth Row, Creating Dynamic Search)
Conditional Formatting in Excel
Find Duplicates using Conditional Formatting
Search and Highlight Data Using Conditional Formatting
Highlight Every Other Row in Excel
Highlight Blank Cells in Excel
Creating Heat Maps in Excel

Here are some additional tutorials about Data Analysis:

One Variable Data Table
Two Variable Data Table
Goal Seek in Excel
Scenario Manager in Excel
Using Solver in Excel

MODULE 5 - INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL CHARTING

In this video of this Free training, you will learn about Excel charting and how to make useful charts quickly.

Excel has a lot of inbuilt charts that you can use instantly to visualize your data. And there are many combination charts and advanced charts you can create to pack a lot of information in a single chart.

Excel Chart Types
Chart Editing
Formatting Chart Elements
Combination Charts
Handling Gaps in Charts
Combination Charts in Excel
Add Trendlines in Excel Charts
Add Secondary Axis to Charts in Excel
Excel Area Chart

In this video of this Free Online Excel training, I will show you how to use some tricks to create advanced charts in Excel.

The following advanced charts are covered in this video:

Multi-Category Charts
Gauge Chart
Thermometer Chart
Milestone Chart
Water Fall Chart
Gantt Chart
Chart with Trend Arrows in Data Labels
Actual Vs. Target Values
Spotting Data in a Scatter Chart in Excel
Dynamic Target Line in Excel Bar Charts
Sparklines in Excel
Step Chart in Excel
Sales Funnel Chart in Excel
Waffle Chart in Excel
Pareto Chart in Excel
Histogram in Excel

In this video of this Free Excel training, I will show you how to create dynamic charts in Excel.

Dynamic charts allow you to change the chart based on user selection. For example, you can update the chart as soon as you change the scroll bar or click a button.

This video covers two detailed examples of creating dynamic charts from scratch

Example 1 – Creating a dynamic chart that updates as soon as you use the scroll bar to change the year value. Example 2 – Creating a dynamic chart that plots the data on a scatter chart based on the column you select. There is a drop-down list that allows you to select which data series should be plotted on the X-axis and which should be plotted on the Y Axis

Creating Dynamic Chart Range in Excel
Dynamic Chart with Selection Box
Dynamic Target Line in Bar Charts
Creating Dynamic Chart Titles

MODULE 6 - PIVOT TABLE

In this video of this Free training, I will show you how to create and use Pivot Tables in Excel.

The video covers the following topics:

Introduction to Pivot Tables
Creating a Pivot Table in Excel
Formatting the Pivot Table
Grouping data in an Excel Pivot table
Calculated Field/Items in Pivot Table
Pivot Table Slicers
Pivot Charts

Pivot Tables are amazing as it allows you to quickly summarize a huge amount of data with a few clicks. Even if you’re using Excel for the first time, you can quickly get a hang of it. In this video, I try to cover a lot about the Pivot Table. In case you want to learn more, click here to check out all my Pivot Table tutorials .

This is a fairly long video, and if you want to deep dive into any of the topics covered in this video, have a look at the recommended articles section.

Creating a Pivot Table in Excel – A Step by Step Tutorial
Preparing Source Data For Pivot Table
How to Filter Data in a Pivot Table in Excel
How to Group Dates in Pivot Tables in Excel
How to Group Numbers in Pivot Table in Excel
How to Apply Conditional Formatting in a Pivot Table in Excel
Using Slicers in Excel Pivot Table – A Beginner’s Guide
How to Add and Use an Excel Pivot Table Calculated Field
How to Refresh Pivot Table in Excel
Delete a Pivot Table in Excel
Pivot Cache in Excel – What Is It and How to Best Use It

MODULE 6 - EXCEL EXTRAS

In this video of this Free Excel training, I will show you how you can lock cells or protect worksheets and workbooks in Excel.

You can protect cells, worksheets, and workbooks in Excel with a password (or without one). Once a worksheet is protected, you’ll need to enter the password to access it (in case a password has been applied).

Note that Excel in-built security feature is not very strong and you can easily open worksheets/workbooks that have been locked. However, if you want to quickly protect it before sending it to your manager/client (so they don’t end up changing anything by mistake), it works well.

Lock cells in Excel
Lock formulas in Excel

In this video, I will give you a quick introduction to Excel macros and the VB Editor in Excel.

By recording a macro in Excel, you can easily automate a lot of tasks. And the best part is that you don’t need to know any coding or VBA to do this. When you record a macro, Excel simply follows whatever you do in the workbook and create a code for it. Now you can run this code and Excel will automatically follow all the steps you showed it.

If you’re a VBA beginner, recording a macro and understanding the code using it can be a great way to learn.

This video lesson covers the following VBA topics :

How to record a macro in Excel
Absolute and Relative Cell References
Introduction to the Visual Basic Editor.
Working with Cells and Ranges in Excel VBA (Select, Copy, Move, Edit)
Working with Worksheets using Excel VBA
Using Workbook Object in Excel VBA (Open, Close, Save, Set)
Understanding Excel VBA Data Types (Variables and Constants)
Excel VBA Loops – For Next, Do While, Do Until, For Each (with Examples)
If Then Else Statement in Excel VBA (explained with examples)
For Next Loop in Excel VBA – A Beginner’s Guide with Examples
How to Assign a Macro to a Button in Excel

Here are some additional useful basic Excel tutorials:

Clean Data in Excel
Excel Interview Questions (with answers)
Working with Gridlines in Excel
Inserting a Watermark in the Worksheet
Setting the Print Area in Excel
Best Excel Books

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

I am Sumit Bansal, your instructor for this Excel Training. I have been training people in basic/advanced Excel and dashboards for more than 10 years now.

I have also been honored with the Microsoft Excel MVP status for my expertise in Excel.

Learning Excel becomes a cake walk when you do it the right way. First you need to get all the basics in place, and then you can learn to do advanced stuff in Excel.

In this Excel course, I’ve focussed on giving you a structured and comprehensive learning experience. It makes sure you have a rock-solid foundation and then covers advanced Excel concepts that will make you an Excel Wizard.

When you’re done with the course, I guarantee you’ll be able to do a lot more in Excel in a fraction of the time.

FAQs about this FREE Online Excel Training

Yes, it is! You can just scroll up and start watching the videos and learn Excel .

You don’t need to sign up for anything or pay for anything. This training is completely free and covers most of the Excel topics you need to get started and become a pro.

You get to watch each and every lesson absolutely free (and as many times as you want).

All you need is a decent internet connection.

No, you can only watch the videos online. These videos can not be downloaded.

However, this FREE Excel training is available to watch as many times as you want.

I have used the Excel 2013 to record these videos.

Almost everything covered in this free course will work for all the Excel versions (2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and the upcoming 2019).

There are a few things missing in the prior versions, and I call it out in the videos (for example, flash fill is only available in versions after 2013)

My name is Sumit Bansal and I am your instructor throughout this FREE online Excel training.

I have practically been in a relationship with Excel since 2007. My aim in this course is to give you the best possible Excel learning (absolutely free).

I have been highly passionate about learning and teaching Excel and have trained thousands of Excel enthusiasts to use Excel the most efficient way.

I have also been recognized as an Excel MVP by Microsoft for my passion to learn and teach people on using Excel the right way.

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This is an excellent online course for any level Excel users. Great Instructor! Above all these, its free for anyone! Thank you so much!

Can I get certificate after finishing the whole excel course?

Boy I never knew anywhere near all this was so available! You are a great instructor and make it all learnable, even if I do have to back up and replay often (at least in VBA course, your workbooks on Excel formulas are wonderful). I’m finally learning where before I’ve always just cussed VBA and Excel. Thank you Very Much for all your hard work!

How can I sign up for this free offer?

I’m interested in free training

Learning excel

I will strive to learn and excel and after some expertise, I would definitely spread it to those who are in need of it, obviously free. I think this could be one way to pay you back. My sincere regards to you Sumit Bansal.

sounds good will give it a go

Sumit, as I mentioned in an earlier comment, I am fully retired 5 years now. In my day was considered an advance Excel user – VBA programmer. But I must confess I have learned things in your tutorials I knew about but never mastered. You tutorials say things in simple terms. I just finished lesson 8: Number Formatting in Excel. I used this function often in my work but now have a better understanding of how to use the different formats of number, dates and times. Thank you for EXCELLENT tutorials. Can’t wait to learn more. Thanks again.

Will there be any certification given at the end of the course?

Can it be used better than tally for inventory management

this is a great Excel training program. I thanks Mr.Sumit Bansal give to opportunity develop our Excel side.

thank you , very helpful

It will be my joy to start this training and finish to become a pro in no distant time. Thanks for this offer and opportunity.

This video is helping a lot!

No problem.

very useful and I am are learning very short cut formulas for faster execution of work in excel

Thank you Sumit for making learning Excel for me a piece of cake. All this while, I was under confident when it has come to Excel. You entire Module is a collection of all the lessons and I do not have to go anywhere else to find video. I practice these everyday. Thank you once again. And yes I would like to treat you with coffee sometime as a gesture for your help!

How to login and start training..

Amazing! This is so useful, so clear. I wish I found you long time ago 🙂 Thank you so much.

Hi and thank you for all the content. I had a question regarding the countifs function. I had the quiz question how many times does the number 3 appear between the integers 300-400. I know the answer is 120 after looking into it further I was wondering if there’s a way to get to this answer using countifs, if so how? I thought it would look something like this =countifs(b1:b100, “3**”, b1:b100, “*3*”, b1:b100, “**3”) but clearly have it wrong.

I’m interested to do this course

I must appreciate you ,you have prepared all the videos and that available for all. Regarding printing I want to know how can I print bill format using data of various cells

Can’t wait to get started, an 81 year old.

Just like excel You are an Excellent instructor. Thanks for helping!

it is really helpful

I just love this free online excel.

EXCELLENT TRAINING

My,my,my…I know we still have kind souls, we have just lost our way a bit in the world today. Knowledge is no good unless you share it. I will be taking your course. I sincerely thank you for your kindness.

Is there a free certificate after completion

No there isn’t , but you can share the knowledge you’ll gain with your peers and employers as proof of your completion 🙂

I don’t know about this I am just doing first time so after i start I’ll comment

Thankyou so much Sir for providing us such a valuable course free of cost. Your Teaching style and way of explanation is Fabolous. It helps me alot.

Hello Sir, I am not able to play the videos. They seems to be freezed.

It may be your connection, try to hook to WiFi and try again. Hope that helps

Total how many hours does the course is?Can I get certificate?

I am now 65. I like to convey my thanks to you for your philanthropic activity as a teacher in real sense. I was a teacher and hope to be a student of you very soon. Live long.

Hi! Are these courses still available? I’ve clicked on several of the training courses and cannot access.

Yes they are, try to connect to WiFi and try again to access

Do you get a certificate for this course?

Hi I would like to attend this class

Hi, access anytime 24/7 for free 😉

simply excellent

Does this course provide certificate?

Waaw Mr. Sumit! This is a fantastic gift to all the human race. Bravo my brother. I planned to take up an online course in Data Analytics next semester,2020 and hope this would help me a lot. Thanks.

I’m a complete beginner hoping to start a data analysis Open University Course in October. Your service is invaluable to me and I will be studying for 2 hours a week until October. Many thanks for sending me emails. Kind regards, Jeanne

Will you provide Certificate after completion. How much time it will take to complete. I am in intermediate status.

We will get certificate?

Do we get a certificate for the course?

IS THIS COURSE PROVIDE CERTIFICATE ALSO

Thank you so much !!! I’m a Nutrition student in college and excel is extremely useful <3

Thank you so much Sumit for such a comprehensive course, I really appreciated it!

Great Job and I am learning every day as I watch one video per day.

Very nice way of give training with so much examples & practicality. I am v. much impressed.

Hi I would like to start study excel When the course start ? Thank you

When can I expect to start the free excel cour

Will a certificate be provided by the end of the course?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS FREE COURSE I LOVE YOUR VOICE TOO❤❤❤

CAN I GET A CERTIFICATE FOR THIS COURSE?

thanks for this complete course on excel learned a lot…

Out of my tight schedule and extra working hours, I took out some time to complete this course and it helped me tremendously to manage and analyse my data, along with it I could save 2-3 hours per day. I am grateful to you for making it available free and help people like me who struggle working efficiently without good knowledge of excel. I have recommended this course to my colleagues now. Many many thanks again.

Want to learn excel

Hi sumit, thanks for giving such wonderful learnings at no cost. Will u please guide me for certification stages in excel and also best link to go for it. I would really appreciate ur response. Thanks in advance

is there a book covering this course? If not what books do you recommend to learn Excel for work?

It’s very useful course. Thank you sir.

Is there any assessment that I need to give after completing the training?

The courses offered and the way these are structured are meant to lay a firm and solid foundation to build upon. Everybody builds their own home on a foundation. When it is a good, properly laid, will make one’s home sitting on a solid foundation.

Mr. SB has taken time, mastered the Excel, excited by its capabilities, organised it and prepared to teach his students in a simple and direct way. With an average enthusiasm to learn, one can learn from these videos and lay a firm and solid foundation to one’s career, using this excellent program called Excel.

Like air we breathe, Sunshine we enjoy, moonlight we adore, his free teachings are GOD’s gift to any body that want learn a new skill.

The organisation, time, effort and passion has to be really appreciated.

I see lot of people asking for a pat in the back ( like looking for a certificate of completion ), this is a SELF-HELP course, and I am not sure I will have as much information given to me even if I attended a PAID COURSE.

And again, since I am learning this on my own to improve MY understanding of spreadsheet program, I can understand and appreciate why some persons want to squeeze a CERTIFICATE out of this as a ticket for a future job.

Mr. Bansal, Pranam to you, as a teacher who put in all this time into these video courses and offering it for free. I bow to you for your kind heart.

Goddess Saraswathi has blessed you, may her blessings be showered upon you into the future, so we all get at least a part of those blessings.

Is this course provide certificate also?

Will we be getting certificate after completion

Sir after completing this …can I have a certificate of this or not..

Sir I completed the course so would you please give me a certificate

Awesome course I learn lots of thing Thank you sir

It really lovely course thank you very much

Hi Sumit! Thank you for this! Question …is there a file to download to follow along with the videos ?

Nevermind! You don’t need it in these videos…I got it . I’m looking for tutorials on what to do say when you run a SQL query and have a huge data dump in excel . Will start with your videos here , thank u!

Very helpful course

Khupch chan information dili ahe purn upyukt asa course ahe excelcha.

hello i’m new here and i would like to learn excel then after i can learn more about computer.

Thank you soooooo much for the effort Really appreciated

I AM A BEGINNER IN EXCEL IS THIS A CERTIFIED COURSE AND HOW MANY COURSES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE

This is really good way to taught I really liked

hi, is this a certificated course?

Please I am interested in taking thefree Excel class

This is so user friendly. For someone who has never been able to use Excel, your training is just so simple and easy to understand.

Hi. I wanted to chat.

can you go to insert I am on a mackair

How to enroll ?

This is beautiful. I enjoyed the training and with this excel training, i can say that i now understand excel at some extent. Many thanks to the instructor.

sir all are very nice i love it

Thank you very much, this really helped me a lot

CAN YOU PROVIDE ME WITH A HARD COPY OF THE LECTURE WHICH YOU ARE SPEAKING SO THAT IT MAY BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND FOR A PERSON WHO IS NOT THAT PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH.

Am new how do i get started and do you anything to show that someone did this training.

sir after completion of this course i will get a trained certificate or not ?

Yes. I am interested in the free excel course

Sir please tell us some assignments so we can practice after every lecture

Thanks you so much ,sir. I am from Pakistan. I learned a lot from your videos. Kindly share me the procedure to get excel notes if you prepared according to the video you published. Thanks in advance

May i learn the Macros in this Excel Program as well

It is very helpful app

Worth watching these videos, it’s really very helpful.

Good effort. Contains are clear and crisp. Course is Advanced, I will highly recommend this to Computer teachers who wants to clarify their doubts in excel.

Sir can u tell us some assignments so we can practice after every lecture?

Does one get a certificate after completion?

It’s a very healp full to excell. I have to learnt data entry and number formatting with excell. In module 2 I learn to auto fill , custom list. And excell is spread sheet program include in the Microsoft office suite of applications it is also soft ware program .

I have watched your course “How to do a Picture Lookup in Excel – A Step-by-step Guide” and I still can’t get it to work. Is there any way to help me? I am desperate.

The language is so easy to understand the lesson.

Thank u sir it is very useful training I had been advance Excel classes but I had not more about Excel I had learn only basic concepts and also I had try job outside I didn’t found the same MIS executive job. May be if start watching this video daily I will learn more new about the excel thank you so much for providing this free of cost course.

It is very useful

First check it.

First check it

Are we getting any certification after the course completion.

Why is Trump name on this course? How is President Trump associated with this course? If he is not, why did you put his name on it?

It’s a common English verb. This course and the site has nothing to do with anything except Excel

I think this was an excellent video on excel I really appreciate the efforts who had made so easier to learn excel. Contains are clear and chrisp.i am impressed the way they present the advance excel. I will also recommend to my office staffs, senior’s, collegiate, friends and our business partners. Now after learning so many things through video I feel so confident and happy now I have to rush to take help of anybody, I will keep practicing and learn more and more to enhance my excel as a superb skill. Thanks you so much to all those who had given great platform to learn the Excel and various things…..

Hello, Thanks for training and good experience and thanks a lot .

Good experience and thank you for your help.

Great videos

I want to learn advance course

Thank you Sir, it is very useful for me to know about Excel as I am working on Excel in my office and it will be very useful for me.

best course

Hello sumit sir, I am writing this to Thank you for providing such great lessons. They are very few people left around us who provide education and great learnings for free. I am disappointed for finding this site a bit late. But I’m glad i am finally here and can get the best out of this learnings. Thankyou so much for your knowledge and efforts Sir.

Good knowledge …Data Entry,Data editing,Number Formating

Good knowledge & Information

HI Sumeet Sir, Can you please explain the basic difference between between Vlookup & Hlookup as both looks same and Syntex are also same just =vlookup has been changed to =Hlookup .

Hi I am an intermediate in excel…

Dear Sumeet Sir, Can you explain a bit more about Vlookup for the last example in the given where you were T is higher lower, Really I got confused ,It has been asked for T why it is giving data for jane ?

very well explained ,very useful

It is very well explained & has been very useful to me Thank you

I like all the videos and I have easily understood everything. Thank you

Hi is there a certificate once completed?

It is very useful. Excellent videos & courses and easy to understand.

Very nice coaching and class

Excellent courses

Thank you for the great work, Sumit – I’ve found it very useful and comprehensive.

I will give you tip at the end of the course.

Do they provide certificate?

This is amazing tutorial and excellent instructor, I loved, thank you so much it’s absolutely life saving.

This excel work is essential

This is what I was looking for to learn in my life.

It is really helpful. Thanks.

Very useful

so clear and very helpful

It should be useful

I enjoy and learn a lot from your Excel course. Wonder you have free online course for Microsoft word training just like this excel course.

Hi Sumit – i need to know how to become MVP in excel as I know it at advance level.

Excellent Videos

Excellent course

very useful for me.

thank you sumit

chindeh fally

for example : 3126.76 is the number I want this in the form ####.## how can I do this plz tell sir.

May God bless you my brother. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. My name is yunus be in touch 7624885184 (Kerala)

Thanks i learn alot think here

is it necessary to have certification of excel when you have an aim of pursuing a job in future?

Online excel learning

I am very interested to learn excel , well done good lesson it’s very useful for so many people’s thank you…

Thank you very much . This training has helped me a lot and I am so grateful. I have been looking for an Excel training , tried to buy from Udemy several times but could not complete the transaction due to some restrictions in their payment system which does not allow a credit card issued in a different country. What’s is point of having a credit card if the thing would not work across regions ? Well, this was before I came across your page and started learning . Having gone through several videos and other trainings, I can honestly say that your training is one of the best structured and delivered. Thanks a lot.

Module 3 lesson 9

as in the video to find out answer only to Average (Sum +Sum +Average) u select the Average with associated cells and click F9 but i my excel when i tried i am not able to get that answer. do we need to press shift+f9 or it is something else

Module 3, lesson 9. Mixed reference

I understood how to keep one number consistent while dividing or any other signs by adding ($) sign before the letter and after the letter but

in mixed reference moving from $A$12 to $B$12, considering different column (i.e from A to B) but same number cell i,e (12) in this case i tried on my excel but i am not able to move from A to B by removing the ($) sign before A by pressing only (F4).

Could you help.

Which course in excel

Please send me link, I am interested on it

very much interested to start the course, coz I like excel spreadsheet.

Do we have to sit in one go or we have can do per day per video

Thanks for your excellent tips on Excel.

Want to learn all the basics of xl

I finish my course can I get certificate.

I have learnt formulas in this online course… Usefull course

I was literally looking for an excel training opportunity for teacher professional development. I had my wallet out ready to pay. Your training is above and beyond structured and easy to follow. I would have paid hundreds of dollars for this training. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and talents!

I am very eager to learn this and don’t see the tutorials yet.

Can I get a Certificate after course completion

It’s very interesting And very useful

I am using excel. I need to improve…….

Thank you for the course Sir, it is really useful.

I found it very useful, really appreciating Mr.Sumit for your valuable contribution. Its very effective way of teaching in simple way to explain the logic’s and uses of each functions. Keep it up……

Good course

This courses is truly useful.

this may help a lot of people just by watching

Had learned a lot

I found this Course very useful for me and suggest to others also. Thank you.

Course Modules are very usfull

This course is Best and very helpful course

Best courses very helpful course

do we have any test after the course

Learn something new through online session

What about a sertificate after finishing for cv for work purpose

I find your tutorials quite useful for many excel formula. I have a unique situation. I would like to seek your help. Is there any way that I can reach out to you and share the soft data(Dummy) and seek solution. This is related to vlookup.

Hello. These courses sound great. However, nothing happens when click on any module. Is this because there may be high traffic? Do I need to access via google or IE? thanks

Great excel learning

I am using your free 26 lessons program to learn Excel. Thank you for the very informative videos. Is there anywhere I can do practice exercise?

Regards, Louloua

Thanks a lot sir for making it available now for free.

Excel learning

Which excel courses are paid in your site.

I have always wanted to learn excel so I am very interested in taking this course

I have always wanted to learn excel so I am very interested in taking this course.

did u started? is this really useful?

How do I get access to the worksheets used in the videos?

I thank Mr. Sumeet Bhansal for giving me such a lucid training where in got to know the easiness in understanding the excel formats quickly.

Do I get a certificate for this training?

Very Useful courses

Is there any certificate after completion?

Nicely Explained in Detail

How do I get the Free video?

Very useful course for the excel learner’s. Good Job… Thanks a lot…

Sir I know about excel a little bit I want to learn excel in deep.

Sumit, you have provided the clearest teaching I’ve found thus far online. I appreciate the downloads you provide with each lesson so that I can switch screens and practice while you are teaching. Also, you have organized these beautifully in small sections so that anyone can take a quick lesson in between other projects. EXCELLENT!

I was to change shape of chart element column chart. Please guide.

Sumit -the way you explained formulas its amazing. I am your fan nowonwards. thank you dear.

Thank you so much.. !

Cn we get certificate after complete the course?

Thank You for sharing your knowledge to us.This courses is very useful.

Hi Sumit, approximately how long will it take a beginner to complete this course? Thank you

great job. Thanks

I have one doubt in the Excel Sir like automating the data from one sheet to another sheet.

Dear Sir, I need help in conditional formatting. In a column A there are a number like for different row 302,213,556,070,111,560, … I would like to high lite the number for 302 value is red( either if it is 023 or 320 for all combination) ,556 is yellow(similar like all combination655,565) and 070is green( 007or700). Please help. Thank you.

It is a pleasure to have the opportunity of learning this courses free and I hope it will be a successful experience. Thanks

Dear Mr.Sumit, I need a small solution for my Xl Table I need to change the Data (Rate of Interest in the cells) in one column for a particular period in another column (01-04-2019 to 31-03-2020)only Kindly help me solve this problem Regards S D N Murthy

Hi, can you provide some sort of evidence if I complete the 12 hours course

It is Useful for me

It is very usefull for me

Hi Sumit, Can use google sheet for this training?

What I have seen so far (I’m on lesson 4) is absolutely amazing!

Really thankful for your knowledge sharing. It’s really helped me . Sreeraj C

Thanks for good knowledge sharing .

any certificate from your side after free training

Do we get a certificate or something to show that we have completed the course?

will I receive a certificate once I complete the course? Where is the company located? Is there a phone number where I can contact anyone if necessary? How long have your company been in business? What is the name of your company?

Since this is a free course available for all, you won’t be given a certificate. This site is run by Sumit Bansal (that’s me). I am an Excel trainer who shares tutorials and videos online. This isn’t a company, just me trying to help people learn Excel. You can reach out to me at [email protected]

are these courses really free? I will not be billed later on down the line will I?

Hello Kimberly… Yes, the course is free. You won’t be charged for anything. You don’t need to enter you credit card or any other detail. Just click on the video and watch.

Am I gonna get a certificate for the course

why do you want to give free lecture?

I need something for kitchen porter please if available

It’s not for a kitchen Porter course

Would like to know how helpful the course is

Is there any free online course work that can be done by the person on hands learning to be learning by doing ?

hi Sumit, This is really an awesome excel class and is it free training, really appreciate your effort and sharing. Many thanks.

Just wanted to say–Sumit, Big thank you for taking time for providing these free online training courses. God bless you

Thanks for commenting… Glad you are finding the videos useful!

Hi sumit..hope u r doing fine..would u able.to.send these same.sheets for practice

Thank you for putting this out there for free, bless your heart ❤️

Thanks for the kind wors Kristin… Glad you’re finding this Excel course useful!

Thanks for the courses. This courses is very useful for me.

Glad you’re finding the Excel course useful

one of the best excel course i have ever seen.

Just awesome Sumit, wasn’t expecting such detailed explanation of everything Excel.

This is the best course on the internet!! At the moment, I’m trying to learn how to take out the external links from excel and I found this post at the top of the search results. Then, I found this course just in the menu and it’s exactly what I’ve been wanting to do, like literally at the top of my list but just did not ever know when or where I could because of the time and just trying to learn so much such as Command Prompt and what that can do you for you.

Thanks heaps for this whole website, it’s the best!

Thanks for the tutorial video. Is there a video for Power BI.

Thanks for the Excel tutorial. It helped me a great deal at my present job.

Good afternoon., I want to be Expert in Excel. What can i do for…?

I just want to know can I get any certification for this Exel online tutorial

I need to develop a tactical crime analysis matrix using a spreadsheet. The matrix will contain 10 records(rows) and 16 variables (columns). I have a list of crimes. Would you please demonstrate a sample of this

Congratulations Sumit Bansal for this exceptional work! It is really fantastic to have access at this great content. I’m a fan of Excel. There are so many things you can do by just using excel properly! Do you mind if I make a post regarding your site on LinkedIn or on twitter? Thank you!

Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity. It’s amazing Vedio’s

I took this course before and I didn’t do well cause I was working full time I did’t have time to study.

Hi Sumit, i cannot see videos for Lesson 8 – Number Formatting in Excel,Lesson 9 — Excel Formula Basics and many more. Though i have viewed those videos in the past but they aren’t available currently. is there a restriction in the number of times that once can view a particular video lesson?

Hi Pooja… There was some minor update going on which prevented the videos from loading. You can watch these now. There is no restriction

Watched the first video and it’s wonderful. Thank you. However the second video doesn’t show. I will jump to the third and hope the 2nd returns. Thanks again

Hello Morgan, There was some minor update going on which prevented the videos from loading. You can watch all the videos now.

That’s great. Thank you. This is a great site

THANK YOU IT HELPED ME LOT TO USE EXCEL

Most valuable help I ever received from internet. Great Work

I have really found you to be clear and concise in your presentation. It is very easy to follow and is a great brush up for my rusty skills. Thanks you!!!

Thank you for doing this. Very selfless of you to share your knowledge for free.

Can i down load and go through later

There used to be a feature in excel that let you send the sheet to a list of people to add data in a sequence – is this still available?

I really want to build a carrier in Excel. I will be glad I get it here.

Can I zoom in on training to make it larger

it’s great to help & service to people.

We glad to have this guide for our reference to learn the Excel free. I have got this link when ‘am searching for some relevant topics, I’ve gone through it and the exact required knowledge is you shared.

Appreciated for your efforts keep rocking more like this.

Thank you in advance… I am working in excel from last 7 years, wanted to learn more 1) passionate about excel 2) need a better career growth, let me start with this, if require will take help further.

I have a small problem with vlookup i am getting few errors on few cell and i am unable to solve the issue can u pls help me

Hello I want to create a business cards alphabetical file Is there any tips you can give me to make it easier

Do i need to enrol to be part of this training-iam interested!!!

No, you don’t need to enroll. Just click on a video and start watching. It’s completely free to access

I am not able to download the EBook sir, can you pls help me

Really it’s awesome,, how generous you are in giving these crucial knowledge for free to who wants to learn excel. I feel you are doing charity on the behalf of excel. Sir I salute you . It’s bravo and majestic. God may bless you through your ahead intiatives. Thank you, sumit bansal

Hello sir, thankyou so much for free excel online training materials. This will gonna really helpful to people who want to learn excel online for free. I would like to know is there any Certificate available after compilation of this course?

A1 AHU – 9 A2 AHU – 15 A3 Boiler – 20 A4 Boiler – 33 A5 Boiler – 5 A6 Chiller – 8 A7 Chiller – 7 A8 Chiller – 9 A9 Chiller – 8 A10 Chiller – 9

How to count that How much AHU, Chiller & Boiler’s point in my sheet. I Have 1000 Data in sheet.

You can get it from pivot table, select d whole data, go to insert (top left side) you will get pivot table option.drag the name in column table and value in value table. ( just check in table value is in sum format or count format, accordingly you can change)

AHU – 9 AHU =LEFT(A1,FIND(“– “,A1,1)-2) AHU – 15 AHU =LEFT(A2,FIND(“– “,A2,1)-2) Boiler – 20 Boiler =LEFT(A3,FIND(“– “,A3,1)-2) Boiler – 33 Boiler =LEFT(A4,FIND(“– “,A4,1)-2) Boiler – 5 Boiler =LEFT(A5,FIND(“– “,A5,1)-2) Chiller – 8 Chiller =LEFT(A6,FIND(“– “,A6,1)-2) Chiller – 7 Chiller =LEFT(A7,FIND(“– “,A7,1)-2) Chiller – 9 Chiller =LEFT(A8,FIND(“– “,A8,1)-2) Chiller – 8 Chiller =LEFT(A9,FIND(“– “,A9,1)-2) Chiller – 9 Chiller =LEFT(A10,FIND(“– “,A10,1)-2)

hello sumit, thanks for your videos, they are really nice and it really helped me to learn from scratch.

Hey sir I wll be starting Excel training course great opportunity with me

Hi Sumit..The content and the communication are nothing less than excellent. Thanks.

I Want to Join.

Hello sir, I will start by thanking you greatly for this opportunity, the module are so powerful and I don’t want to miss a thing . I promise to recommend it to friends too.

After I finished the course can I have any certificate or what

Thank you very much dear Sumit 🙂

Thank you Summit, I do self-study and it gives me confident day by day.

Dear Sumit Sir,

Thanks a lot for this free excel training course. Never thought that i can learn so many things in this course. My confidence level has gone up now.

The way you explain the tutorials are very easy to understand.

You are Truly MVP. Hats off

I was looking for a way to learn Excel for free. I just lost my job and I see that most of the companies require knowledge of using Excel. I will let you know my results when I am done here!

Excel video

How can i enroll this course ?

Nothing to do enroll. All things are in front of your finger tips, start with praying to sumit bansal and keep going, rock on

Thanks Sumit for your excellentwell-paced method of teaching the basics in excel. I am an older adult who ‘missed the train’ on this kind of information. I was just asking my son for some assistance when I found your video. This has given me hope that I may be able to pursue your advanced Excel course if I master the basics. O I am so excited!

Really appreciable sir, you are extremely brilliant, and really doing good work for helping student in excel tutorial, each and everything you are making clear to student in each video even tiny things you are covering and your voice is so clear and very simple way to make understand. thank you so much

Thanku sir for this wonderful excel videos but sir i want certificate with this so can you provide certificate of this or not?

For certificate you can go through udemy! Course,, if you are willing to get certificate, thank you, rock on!

I’m looking for a procedure that will allow my to put a date and image on one tab, and show the image in a calendar on the calendar date tab on the images birthday

This is the most helpful teaching website regarding excel I have come across online. Your teaching style is really passionate, your way of explanation is very clear and you obviously deserve a load of respect and appreciation. It helps me a lot in better understanding excel, and also motivates me to dive deeper into further learning.

Excellent. Explanation is brilliant.

Thanks very much for tutorials, I like to know if there is a way to make just a cell behave as a normal calculator. i.e this cell should be capable of summing figures that appears in another cell, while keeping last cumulative figure visible. This other cell will be the key-in cell or active cell. Example: Cell 1: =2*5, Answer appears in Cell 2, Cell 1: =3*6.8, Answer is added to the previous value resulting from (2*5) and still appears in cell 2. Kindly share a video if this is possible. Thank you.

Excellent Course. Really useful. Thanks!

I have searched online and came across your youtube video tutorial on how to count color using function and macro module programing in excel. I am traying to count the highlighted cell that contains a specific numbers inside of the cell highlighted in color using your code. Can you help me to verify the changes that I have to make to count and add the cell value instead of adding “TotalCount = TotalCount +1” use “TotalCount = TotalCount + “Cell value”” ? What should I change to add the values inside of the cell instead of 1? Your or anyone’s help is deeply appreciated.

Hey! in lesson4, almost at the start of the video, you select a group of cells and address them together with the help of a colon, and as you type the no. 1, it appears in every cell. when I do the same, it isn’t happening. why?

highlight the cells you want to enter the information in, type the information then press CTRL+Enter

I would like to learn the importance of this course which helps me in resume as an addon and can be fast in computer operations with Latest knowledge

Excellent for beginners

Excellent platform and tutorials for beginners.

Yes, Sumit it is exciting to Join with your Free Excell training videos. I learnt a lot and appreciate your Teaching skills. It is so easy to understand each step as you move forward. Thanks and Blessings. Great work.

Hello I am reviewing your free excel training course. Does your course offer practice after watching the videos?

I am trying to give this to my employees. However, I would like to give them a practical test to be sure they went through all training modules. Could you help with this?

I tried to clean data by using the methods suggested by you in one of your lesson. But could not successfully clean certain data sets. How can I send it to you for your help?

how can send a query in excel

Thanks a lot. I receive more about Excel.

wonderful teaching and lessons.Thanks Lot. I learnt Lot

I receive more knowledge related Excel thinks you if you have other levees of excel send me linked

Can I get any kind of proof that I completed the modules at the end?

Thank uuuuuu

Excellent, learnt what I needed to. Easy to understand

I am unable to open the lessons???

I feel very happy not only to be enriched with learning Excel tips by you but also to be enjoyed by your way of imparting training.I express my thanks & gratitude to your contributions to us. But one fact is that I am unable to download ebook “Excel The Smart Way”. How can I be able to download the book? Please suggest me.

Cannot open your lessons for Excel Basics. Any direction appreciated. Thanks

Excellent Sumit! I truly wish to appreciate your way of teaching and effort you put in while creating these videos. I learnt a lot

is there any thing by which I can search old photos, through newly clicked photo. I have a folder in which I have approx 1000 photos and want to search old photos of same person i clicked today.

Hi, Im subscribed to a mail list for 31 videos ([Excel Video 8 of 31] today) buy i want to subscribe a friend but I dont see where he has to click to subscribe to the list. Can you tell me what he neds to do? thanks in advance

Thank you Sumit for giving us your time and teaching us Excel. I am subscribed to your YouTube channel. The Excel in two minutes series contains nine parts. I am unable to access parts five through nine because they are listed as private. If this is in Error will you correct it so I can view those videos please?

I have so many row and column and all Cell have Filled with Like ‘Pradeep’. and I want to remove all Single quotes from all cell

Thanks in advance .

You can do this with Find and Replace

Fantastic videos Mr. Sumit, very appreciate I feel like i am in a good value class of excel

Thanks for commenting Alkozai! Glad you found the videos useful 🙂

thank you soooo much!!! Very appreciate for all you have done.!!!

Thanks for commenting! Glad you found the videos useful

Thank you so much, very helpful videos. you are awesome.

Thanks for commenting Rachid! Glad you found the videos useful

I Click on the lessons and they do not open???

Can you try again Rose? If you still don’t see the videos, you can also access these from this link – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8I8moAHiH2kkq0S9XGvIbPODrHzXRp6

Thanks you summit for your knowledge.

Good Morning, I am having a problem with finding the video’s to watch. Can you help me with this Any suggestions? Thanks

Hello Courtney.. You can find the videos as soon as you click on the gray bar. If you still don’t see the videos, you can also access these from this link – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8I8moAHiH2kkq0S9XGvIbPODrHzXRp6

Thanks you Sumit for your knowledge.

Thanks for commenting Zayar! Glad you found the videos useful

Good morning. I am having the problem where no video pops up when gray bar is clicked. I tried ctrl+F5. It didn’t help. Any suggestions? Thanks.

You can also access these from this link – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8I8moAHiH2kkq0S9XGvIbPODrHzXRp6

Thank you Sumit for all your knowledge, so expertly delivered.

I am glad this excel training is free. Thank you very much for this helpful information!

Thanks for commenting Rachael! Glad you found the videos useful

Hi I have hundreds of rows and I want to multiple select rows over 10 columns with bold fonts only, I saw you video on filtering cells that contain bold font, do you have similar for rows with bold font instead of cells?

if want learn advance excel how much charge i pay

I need to learn more about excel

Hi… your videos are very detailed and very helpful…thank you for all your efforts in sharing your knowledge..

Would like to learn about complete advance excel.I feel it is difficult n little complicated

HI Sumit these are really useful videos. Do you have similar trainings for google sheets?

Do you provide a certificate of completion?

Do you get a certificate on completion of the course

Just seen 4 of them today intial ones and its superb, no need to go anywhere. Simply and Easiest way to learn excel from Sumit Bansal

I want to know If i want to create a data for my students in which i have name ,address,phone and email And categories them using Drop down feature according to their subject

And automatically update them in DIFFERENT EXCEL DATA AS PER SUBJECT

LIKE MASTER SHEET Having All Students

And different sheets having name and address according to subject like

Maths students Science students English students

hello, i used your video for the indirect drop downs and it was very helpful. The only problem that I am having is that some of them work and others do not. Is there an easy fix for this?

This is nice I m a engineer so plz teach me only chart, diagram,engineering related video

Thanks for the videos, your method of explanation is very superb. God bless you

As a beginner with Excel, I really enjoy your tutorials and it helps a lot…… thank you Mr Simit, Hope to learn more from you as I go along with more free tutorials.

Truly appreciate the time and effort you put in to this for free! Maybe add a donate button or something so people that want to can show their appreciation with moolah! I haven’t even watched one video yet just had to comment.

Today is Thursday, August 8, 2019 and I used these videos to relearn how to use excel. They were extremely helpful. Even more happy this training was free.

Thank you Summit! (From CT)

You are a miracle. Created vids, summaries for free. More than just an average youtuber. Thank you so much. Greetings from Long Beach CA

Can you please upload a video on mail merge particularly with many-to-one option.

I chanced upon this website and felt the absolute need to thank you for sharing your knowledge.

After successful completion, will you give certificate to show when required?

Thank you so much for this course it is really helping me you are such a good person to do this for us all.

Thank you Sumit for an excellent training course!

Now I have a question, not about your course, but if you coluld solve this problem I would be grateful. Do you know how to get rid of the usernaume in comments? I know I could go via Alternative/Genereral/Microsoft Office/Username etc. but that does not solve the problem. If I put a space instead of my name, or my initials, it still writes “:” in bold character and I want a empty comment when I start writing in it.

I think it must be solved by VBA code? And I don’t know how to write it, so if you know, and if you can help me, I would appreciate that.

I think it is very annoying that I have to delete my name (or initials) in everey new comment I make. Must be a way to get around it?

Kind regards, Leif Norinder

Dear Sumit Bansal, I am really appreciate you concern to teach people without any interest. that is a really surprised me in this current mindset of the people. again thank you for your kindness.

This is so helpful- thank you so much!

Will I be graded/ receive a certificate of completion?

Hello Connie.. Since this is a free training, there is no certificate for completion or grading

I Got Stuck That You Just Told Us IN a Video… Kindly Tell Me How Can I Connect With You For Solution

Thank you Mr Summit. You are the bomb.

Glad you found the training useful!

By learning this course would I have completed advanced level or just basic or intermediate?

This course will make you an intermediate Excel user. If you’re looking for more advanced courses, check these – https://trumpexcel.com/learn-excel/

Hello Sumit, Can I share your youtube videos on my Facebook Page. I will write credit to your name and mention your website any other services you offer. Thanks.

Sure.. Feel free to share

As a student who needs additional time to truly grasp the concepts of Excel, this site is an absolute LIFE SAVER! Thank you so much Sumit!

Thank you for the kind words Mujeeb.. Glad you find the site useful 🙂

Cant believe so much detailed training and guidance for free. Thank you so much Sumit.

Glad you’re finding the training useful Darren 🙂

Thank you so much -your tutorials have been a great help!

Glad you’re finding the training useful Fran

Great job! One question, I am calculation the available FTE per month with Excel Leave Tracker Template, I have to use the # of work days, how I am going to calculate this value and use it in the summary table. Thank you

so nice easy to understand

Hello. Hira

Thank you so much for this structured and comprehensive Excel Tutorials which I found very informative, and the best part of it is that it is totally free. I really appreciate your time and effort giving an opportunity for those who need this materials, including myself. I believed this free Excel Tutorials will help me a lot to land my home-based job.

Thanks once again and God bless your knowledge and expertise.

This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Sumit, I like how you have divided the course into different modules and videos. I have done accounting and finance in the past so I feel this is really needed for my growth and career. If I complete all these videos and practice, will I be able to operate basic to intermediate excel ?

Hello Shriya.. Glad you found the course useful. Yes, you would be able to handle basic to intermediate tasks in Excel after watching the videos and going through the practice files.

Thank you Sumit. Also wanted to ask you, I use Macbook so there are few things which are different in Excel in Macbook. If possible can you upload a video where you mention those few differences. For eg. I can’t find a dialogue box in Excel on Mac. Can you help me with that.

Thank you for the great help.

Wonderful! Thank you!

Sounds good to me!!

I want and NEED a good part-time office job but don’t have the computer skills that many jobs require and have liked working with numbers in the past.

Hello Lisa.. Good working knowledge of Excel should definitely help you get a job

You are a fantastic man to offer your services to educate those that need to learn about excel …. for free. How refreshing it is to hear you speak (not too fast, nor too slow) in a manner that is clear and understanding. Thank you most kindly.

Thank you so much for the kind words Fiona.. Happy you found the course useful 🙂

Hi, none of the videos are working… I tried several times in vain

Working alright at my end. You can also watch the course videos here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPABcYhugZk&list=PLm8I8moAHiH2kkq0S9XGvIbPODrHzXRp6

Hello Mr. Sumit,

I am unable to find “Developer tab” and “Customizing Ribbon and QAT” options in Excel 2007 . Kindly help me how can I access these options ?

Have a look at this – https://trumpexcel.com/excel-developer-tab/

Sorry, unable to find the ‘customize the ribbon’ toolbar in 2007 excel. I guess I need to upgrade excel with 2013 version.

Is this a certification course ? If not, then what should we do to get a certificate for our learnings ?

Hello Dhiraj.. This is a free course so no certificate is issued for completing it

Will I receive a certificate of completion for this training?

Hello Terri.. This is a free course so no certificate is issued for completing it

I created some data in Sheet 1, Cell A1 (in Excel 2016), and I linked these contents of Sheet 1 to Sheet 2, Cell A1. I created a link to enable the contents of Sheet 1 (Cell A1) to appear automatically in Sheet 2 so that whenever I change the contents of Sheet 1, the same automatically changes in Sheet 2. To quickly go back to Sheet 1 (where the original data is contained), I used DOUBLE-CLICK method and, as expected, Excel immediately moved back to Sheet 1, Cell A1.

However, when I use my laptop at home (also Excel 2016) and try to DOUBLE-CLICK when I am in Sheet 2 in order to quickly go back to Sheet 1, Cell A1, instead of linking me to Sheet 1, the cursor is just blinking in Sheet 2.

Question: How do I change the settings of my laptop at home to enable me jump from Sheet 2 to Sheet 1 upon double-clicking the link in Sheet 2, Cell A1, to enable me to go to the actual location of my data in Sheet 1? Thank you.

Hi Sir! Thank you for this three tutorial. Unfortunately, I don’t see any video to watch. What should I do?

When you click on the gray bars on the page above, you will get the video that you can watch. Are you not getting any videos when you click on the gray bar?

No, I don’t see any videos. Just a list of what we will learn in the section.

Can you please try now? Also, refresh the page (hold the control key and then hit the F5 key). This should fix the issue

That’s perfect! Thank You Sumit.

Click on the link and then scroll down slowly, so you do not pass it up, until you see the box with the video area….

no. not getting any videos

Sumit You are truly an MVP. Your videos and instructions are fantastic, they are easy to understand, not cumbersome or a burden to watch and your instruction is simple and precise. I have used Excel for a very long time but each time I need an answer you are my go to search and instructor and it goes without saying I always find what I am looking for. Are you as good in other aspects of the MS Suite or Master of one? Let me know. Thanks for your support. Paramveer Sidhu

Thank you so much for the kind word Paramveer 🙂 I only focus on MS Excel. While I use most of MS apps, I am not as deep into it as I am in Excel.

Are you on linkedin?

Wonderful learning tool for work experience

Hi Sumit Bansal,

I don’t find any video link in this page…

Video links?

Hi, the links to your videos disappear. Could you please fix it?

Where are the links to start the course – videos??

Click on the link and then scroll down slowly, so you do not pass it up, until you see the box with the video area….

Bro where is the link to videos????

Your website provides excellent insight in Excel which is very useful for every type of end user.

I am struggling with an issue, I am unable to resolve myself and I hope you can give me right direction: In my first worksheet “dataentry” I have a column A and B, where column A is a dropdown list with numbers and column B is a dependent dropdown list related to column A. On my second worksheet “datalists” I created the value lists related to column A and B. The problem lies in the fact that on the “datalist” worksheet Column A defines the value list which should be displayed when selecting the value for Column A on the “dataentry” but that I want to see the full description from Column B from the “datalist” sheet in my dropdown list. Similarly, on the “datalist” worksheet Column C defines the value list which should be displayed when selecting the value for Column B on the “dataentry” but that I want to see the full description from Column D from the “datalist” sheet in my dropdown list.

I hope I made my problem clear and really hope you are able to help me out here.

Thanks in advance!

really helpful pls post some course on advance excel such as vlookup & hlookup, data validation

Do they give a certificate on completion of course too?

I enjoy your courses, you make learning Excel easy !!

Need your support on power query. I have gone through the video of merging multiple workbooks into one workbook. That was an interesting feature. However need to know one thing. In case we have two worksheets on three workbooks with similar names, is it possible to merge into one having the end result as a combined workbook with two worksheets

Thank you Sumit. Your sessions are awesome and its a great learning for all of us

do i get any certificate after completing this course?

I have 1 to 20different amount & m No10fdeleted how to shift up 11 to 20 up

Thank You Sumit, you have a heart for people and an understanding of their needs, I honour you for the gift that you are sharing with us, I pray blessings over any venture that you set your heart on.

Great Job Sumit

Thanks a lot Sumit

its a really helpful for people who will not spend money to learn that course.. thank you so much sir…. if it is possible please make these videos to downloadable ….

Thanks sumit … all videos are great and very helpful…. And again thank you so much, making this course free so that more people engaged to learn excel.

Thank you so much, making this course free will get more people engaged to learn excel the right way

Great learnng excell.

thank you so much, you are very generous.

Where can I download the videos used in the course? Thanks

You can’t download them…

Thank you Sir, I am delighted with your work. Your hard work and dedication have brought positive changes in learning excel. Though i could not yet prepared excel sheet for fetching the fund mutual fund units from nse mf fund for my portfolio. I am trying to prepare requisit worksheet in excel 2007. Thanks again.

When you click on the gray bars on the page above, you will get the video that you can watch

I can’t find any links to the videos. When I click on a grey bar, it expands with a detail of the contents of the lesson, but I can’t see any video or link to same.

Just discovered the cause of this problem: my Adguard blocker was stopping the display of the video. AOK now. Thanks.

Aha! My adblocker was preventing the videos from appearing. When I turned it off, the videos appeared. Thank you.

Excel Beginner Exercises

In this article, I’m going to walk you through a couple of Excel exercises that are perfect for beginners. We will slowly ramp up the difficulty from beginner to advanced so if things are too easy for you, just scroll down a bit.

Getting started with formulas

‘Formulas?!’ You may be thinking. ‘That’s way too advanced for a first Excel beginner exercise.’ It’s not really. Let me explain why: formulas and functions are the bread and butter of Excel. If you want to work with Excel, it is wise to at least know what a formula looks like and why a formula is handy. That’s why we’re starting with this. Don’t worry, they are really not as complicated as they sound.

So let’s jump into it. We will be calculating the result of 32+57. However, we won’t be doing that ourselves, we will be making Excel do the hard work for us.

To start with a formula in Excel, we have to fill in the equals sign = into a cell. After that, we add our formula, so 32+57 in this case. The resulting cell content becomes =32+57 .

Note: all of our exercises have a Show answer button in the top-right that you can click if you cannot figure out what the answer has to be. After clicking Show answer , you can click on the cell to see the formula that was used in the formula bar. You can also reset the editor back to its default contents using the Reset button.

I hope the number 89 is showing in cell A1 of the spreadsheet editor above. The cool thing about this is that you can substitute the + for a minus – and it will also work. Or you can use the asterisk * to multiply. Or the slash / to divide. You can try all of these different calculations in the editor above if you want.

And just like that, you have learned how Excel formulas work! You can now get rid of your calculator 😉

Using Excel beginner functions: SUM

Now that we’ve seen how to include formulas in Excel spreadsheets, we can get to the real deal: functions. Functions are basically formulas with names. It’s easiest to understand with an example:

The SUM function will sum the values that you give it. We can recreate the formula that we created in the exercise above ( =32+57 ), but using the SUM function. That would look like this:

=SUM(32,57)

If you write this in a cell, it will show 89 . Exactly as you may expect. But you can add more numbers (separated by commas) to the function: =SUM(32,57,1) will result in 90, for example.

In this next exercise, we will combine the SUM function with another interesting Excel feature: references. So what are references? Once again, an example will explain this very quickly. Look at the following formula:

=SUM(A1,A2)

What do you think the result will be? The answer is: it depends. That’s because the formula uses references to cells A1 and A2 .

We know the SUM function will sum the values that you give it, but in this case we give it references to cells. When you do that, it will instead sum the contents of the cells that you reference. So the result will be different depending on the values in cells A1 and A2 . If cell A1 contains 1 and cell A2 contains 2 , then the result will be 3 .

These references can be super handy because they update automatically if the contents of the cells change. Whenever you edit the value in cell A1 , the result of =SUM(A1, A2) will also automatically update! And that’s why references are so ridiculously useful.

Now, let’s get to the exercise. We will be using the SUM function to calculate our total monthly income after expenses.

Calculating income using SUM

I hope that wasn’t too difficult. Or if it was a little difficult, that when you looked at the answer, it made sense.

Note about the answer: if you looked at the answer to the above exercise, you saw a notation that you may not have seen before. =SUM(B2:B5) . The colon : is used to mean a cell range . In this case, that means cells B2 up to and including B5 . So it is equivalent to using =SUM(B2,B3,B4,B5) . In Excel, there are often multiple ways of solving the same problem. I’d encourage you to use the solution that is most intuitive to you.

A step up: Average

Calculating the average of a group of numbers is quite simple: you sum them all up and divide by how many number you have. For example, the average of the number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 divided by 5, because there are 5 numbers.

You could do this in Excel by typing =SUM(1,2,3,4,5)/5 into a cell. But there is an easier way. You can simply use the AVERAGE function. Let’s do so in an Excel exercise.

Note: you may have noticed by now that both of these functions are written in all-caps. That’s just the way function names in Excel are. So it may look like I’m screaming SUM at you, but that’s just how it is written.

More practical: Concatenate

We’ve seen functions that use numbers, now let’s look at another type of function: text functions. They are functions that take text as input or that result in text output (or usually both).

Before we get to the exercise, you need to know something about text in Excel formulas. Texts in Excel formulas are almost always surrounded by double quotes “. That’s just the way to let Excel know that it is a text.

Concatenate first and last names exercise

For the fourth of our Excel beginner exercises, we will be combining the contents of two cells. The first cell will have a first name, the second cell will have a last name in it. We would like to fill the third cell with the first name, then a space and then the last name.

We can do this using the CONCATENATE function. The CONCATENATE function looks like this: =CONCATENATE("text1","text2","text3") . If we would run this function, it would result in text1text2text3 . So it just combines the texts that you give it.

More Excel Exercises

That was it for our Excel beginner exercises. I hope you’ve learned something new today. If you just can’t get enough of these types of exercises, we have an Excel exercises page filled to the brim with exercises to dig your teeth into.

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Helpful and clear for beginners.

Written with very clear instructions except with the CONCATENATE. Unfortunately I cannot figure this simple formula.

This is awesome

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12 Excel Practice Projects & Exercises To Sharpen Your Skills

Excel is a powerful tool for organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data, but mastering its many features and functions can take time and practice.

In this article, we present 15 Excel practice projects and exercises that can help you sharpen your skills and become an Excel expert. From creating and formatting worksheets, to using formulas and functions, to working with pivot tables and data visualization tools, these projects will help you gain hands-on experience and confidence in using Excel.

Whether you are new to Excel or an experienced user, these projects will provide you with valuable opportunities to learn and improve your skills.

Read our other article to get an entire list of excel projects: 31+ Fun Excel Project Ideas (From Beginner To Advanced)

12 Excel Practice Projects & Exercises

1. basic excel operations.

One project that could help you improve your Excel skills is to become acquainted with the program’s basic functions and features. This can include creating and editing worksheets, formatting cells and data, and using simple formulas and functions.

To start, you can try creating a simple worksheet with some dummy data, such as a list of names, addresses, and phone numbers. Then, practice formatting the data using the various tools and options available in Excel, such as font size and color, cell alignment, borders, and fills.

Next, try using some of the basic formulas and functions in Excel, such as SUM, AVERAGE, and COUNT, to perform simple calculations on your data. For example, you might use the SUM function to total a column of numbers, or the AVERAGE function to calculate the average value of a range of cells.

Overall, completing this project can teach you the basics of Excel and provide a strong foundation for more difficult projects and tasks.

2. Pivot Tables

Another potential project to help improve your Excel skills is to practice creating and using pivot tables. Pivot tables are a powerful tool in Excel that allow you to summarize and analyze large amounts of data quickly and easily.

To start, you will need to have a dataset that you can use for your pivot table. This could be a set of data from a survey, a sales report, or any other type of data that you want to analyze. Once you have your data, you can create a pivot table by selecting the data range and then choosing the “Pivot Table” option from the Insert menu.

Once your pivot table is created, you can begin to customize it by adding and rearranging fields. For example, you can add a field to the rows area to group your data by a certain category, such as product type or sales region. You can also add a field to the columns area to create subgroups within your rows, such as by month or quarter.

In addition to grouping and arranging your data, you can also use pivot tables to perform calculations on your data. For example, you can use the SUM function to total the values in a column, or the AVERAGE function to calculate the average of a group of cells. You can also use pivot tables to create graphs and charts, which can make it easier to visualize your data and communicate your findings.

Overall, practicing with pivot tables can help you learn a valuable skill for working with large datasets in Excel, and can enable you to quickly and easily summarize and analyze complex data.

3. Experiment with excel data visualization tools

One of the best ways to improve your Excel skills is to learn how to create effective data visualizations.

Excel offers a variety of ways to create visual representations of your data, such as charts, graphs, and maps, which can make it easier to understand and communicate your data.

To start, you will need to have a dataset that you want to visualize. This could be a set of data from a survey, a financial report, or any other type of data that you want to analyze. Once you have your data, you can create a chart or graph by selecting the data range and then choosing the appropriate chart type from the Insert menu.

You can experiment with different chart types to see which one works best for your data. For example, a pie chart might be a good choice for showing the proportions of different categories in your data, while a scatter plot might be better for showing the relationship between two numerical variables.

Once you have created your chart or graph, you can customize it by adding labels, formatting the data series, and changing the layout and appearance. For example, you can add titles and axis labels to make your chart easier to understand, or you can change the colors and fonts to make it more visually appealing.

Overall, practicing with Excel’s data visualization tools can help you learn how to create effective and informative visualizations of your data, and can enable you to more effectively communicate your findings and insights.

4. Using Macros to automate repetitive tasks

Another useful project to help improve your Excel skills is to try creating simple macros to automate repetitive tasks. Excel macros are small programs that you can create and run within Excel to automate a series of actions. For example, you can use a macro to automatically format a range of cells, or to insert a standard set of formulas into a worksheet.

To start, you can try creating a simple macro by using the “Record Macro” feature in Excel. This will allow you to perform a series of actions in Excel, such as formatting cells or entering data, and then save those actions as a macro that you can run later with a single click. Once you have recorded your macro, you can edit it to add additional actions or to change the way it behaves.

In addition to recording macros, you can also create macros by writing VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code. VBA is a programming language that is built into Excel and other Microsoft Office applications, and it allows you to create more sophisticated and flexible macros. You can use VBA to create custom functions, to interact with other applications or data sources, or to control the behavior of Excel itself.

Overall, working with Excel macros can help you learn how to automate repetitive tasks, increase your efficiency, and create custom solutions for specific problems or requirements.

5. Practice handling data from Excel to other applications

One potential project to help improve your Excel skills is to practice importing and exporting data from Excel to other applications. Excel allows you to easily import data from other sources, such as databases, text files, and web pages, and to export data to a variety of formats, such as CSV, XML, and HTML.

To start, you can try importing data into Excel from a variety of sources. For example, you can use the “From Text” or “From Web” options in the Data menu to import data from a text file or a web page, respectively. You can also use the “From Other Sources” option to import data from a database or other data source. Once you have imported your data, you can manipulate and analyze it in Excel just like any other data.

In addition to importing data, you can also practice exporting data from Excel to other formats. For example, you can use the “Save As” command to save your Excel data as a CSV or XML file, which can then be used by other applications or shared with others. You can also use the “Publish to Web” feature to create an HTML version of your data that can be viewed in a web browser.

Broadly speaking, using Excel’s data import and export features can help you learn how to integrate Excel with other applications and data sources, as well as work with a broader range of data and formats.

6. Solving real-world problems with Excel

Are you looking for a way to apply your Excel skills to real-world problems and challenges? In this project, you will have the opportunity to use Excel to solve a variety of problems and needs that you encounter in your daily life or work.

Such as budgeting, tracking expenses, analyzing data from surveys or experiments, and much more.

To start, you can try using Excel to solve a specific problem or need that you have in your own life or work. For example, you might use Excel to create a budget spreadsheet to track your income and expenses, or to create a grading sheet to calculate and record grades for a class. You can also use Excel to analyze data from a survey or experiment, such as to calculate means, medians, and other statistics, or to create graphs and charts to visualize your data.

In addition to solving specific problems, you can also practice using Excel to tackle more open-ended challenges. For example, you can use Excel to create a model or simulation of a real-world system, such as a supply and demand model, or a mortgage calculator. You can also use Excel to automate complex tasks and workflows, such as data cleansing and validation, or data consolidation and aggregation.

Overall, using Excel to solve real-world problems can help you learn how to apply your Excel skills to practical situations, and can give you a deeper understanding of the capabilities and potential of the program.

7. Practice with large and complex datasets

Working with large and complex datasets is one possible project to help you improve your Excel skills.

To start, you can try working with a large dataset that you have access to, or you can use a publicly available dataset from a source such as the World Bank or the United Nations. Once you have your dataset, you can begin to explore and analyze it using Excel’s various tools and features.

One important skill to practice when working with large datasets is using filters and pivot tables to summarize and extract relevant data. Filters allow you to quickly and easily hide or show rows or columns based on certain criteria, such as the values in a particular column or the color of a cell. Pivot tables, on the other hand, allow you to quickly and easily summarize your data by grouping and totaling values in different ways.

In addition to using filters and pivot tables, you can also practice using other techniques, such as using named ranges and dynamic formulas, to make your work with large datasets more efficient and manageable. For example, you can use named ranges to refer to specific groups of cells in your formulas, or you can use dynamic formulas such as OFFSET and INDEX to create formulas that can adapt to changes in your data.

Ultimately, practicing with large and complex datasets can help you learn how to effectively manage and analyze data in Excel, and can enable you to extract valuable insights and trends from your data.

8. Practice creating simple models and simulations

Using Excel to create simple models and simulations of real-world systems such as financial models, supply and demand models, and many others is one project that could help you improve your Excel skills.

To start, you can try creating a simple model or simulation in Excel, such as a mortgage calculator or a model of supply and demand. For example, a mortgage calculator might use input cells for the loan amount, interest rate, and loan term, and then use formulas to calculate the monthly payment and total interest paid. A supply and demand model, on the other hand, might use input cells for the supply and demand curves, and then use formulas to calculate the equilibrium price and quantity.

In addition to creating models and simulations, you can also practice using Excel’s sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis features to explore the behavior of your models under different conditions. Sensitivity analysis allows you to see how your model’s outputs change as you vary the input values, while scenario analysis allows you to compare different sets of input values to see how they affect your model’s outputs.

Overall, practicing with Excel’s modeling and simulation capabilities can help you learn how to create simple but powerful models of real-world systems, and can enable you to better understand and predict the behavior of those systems.

9. Familiarize yourself with collaboration features in Excel

One potential project to help improve your Excel skills is to practice using Excel’s collaboration and sharing features. Excel allows you to easily share your work with others, and to collaborate on workbooks and other Excel files in real time.

To start, you can try using Excel’s “Share” feature to share a workbook or other Excel file with others. This will allow you to invite other people to view or edit your workbook, and to see their changes in real time. You can also use Excel’s “Track Changes” feature to keep track of changes that are made to your workbook by others, and to review and accept or reject those changes.

In addition to sharing and collaborating on Excel files, you can also practice using Excel’s co-authoring features. Co-authoring allows multiple people to work on the same workbook at the same time, and to see each other’s changes as they are made. This can be a useful feature for team projects, or for working on large and complex workbooks.

Overall, practicing with Excel’s collaboration and sharing features can help you learn how to work more effectively with others, and can enable you to share your work and collaborate on projects in real time.

10. Experiment with Excel’s built-in financial functions

One potential project to help improve your Excel skills is to experiment with Excel’s built-in financial functions. Excel offers a variety of functions that are specifically designed for working with financial data, such as functions for calculating interest, amortization, and other financial quantities.

To start, you can try using some of Excel’s financial functions, such as the PMT function, which calculates the monthly payment for a loan, or the FV function, which calculates the future value of an investment. You can also use the PV function to calculate the present value of a future payment, or the RATE function to calculate the interest rate for a loan or investment.

In addition to using these financial functions, you can also practice using Excel’s financial formulas and features to create more complex financial models. For example, you can use the PMT function in combination with other functions, such as IF and NPV, to create a model of a mortgage with variable interest rates. You can also use Excel’s goal seek and solver features to find the optimal values for input variables in your financial models.

Overall, practicing with Excel’s financial functions and features can help you learn how to use Excel for financial analysis and modeling, and can enable you to make better financial decisions based on the insights you uncover.

11. Practice using Excel to create reports and presentations

Another aspect that you want to practice in Excel is to properly generate attractive reports and presentations. In this project, you would use Excel to create reports and presentations such as financial statements or sales forecasts.

To begin, you would need to familiarize yourself with the Excel interface and its various features and functions. This may involve learning how to enter and format data, create formulas and functions, and use charts and graphs to represent data visually. Once you have a basic understanding of Excel, you can start working on creating your reports and presentations.

For example, if you were creating a financial statement, you would need to gather and enter the relevant financial data into Excel. This might include information on revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities. You would then use Excel’s various functions and features to organize, calculate, and analyze the data, and create a professional-looking financial statement.

Similarly, if you were creating a sales forecast, you would need to gather data on past sales and market trends, and use Excel to create a projection of future sales. This might involve creating formulas and functions to calculate expected sales based on various factors, and using charts and graphs to represent the data visually.

Overall, using Excel to organize, calculate, and visualize data, and create professional-looking reports and presentations. This can be a valuable skill in a variety of industries, as Excel is a widely used tool for data analysis and presentation.

12. Use Excel to automate complex tasks and workflows

Excel is a powerful tool that allows users to automate processes using a combination of formulas, functions, and macros. In this project, you would use Excel to automate tasks such as data cleansing and validation, or data consolidation and aggregation.

For example, if you were automating a data cleansing and validation process, you might use Excel to create a series of formulas and functions that automatically check for errors and inconsistencies in your data. This could involve using Excel’s built-in functions to check for missing or duplicated data, or to validate data against a set of rules or criteria. You could then use Excel’s macro capabilities to automate the process of running these checks and cleaning up the data.

Similarly, if you were automating a data consolidation and aggregation process, you might use Excel to create formulas and functions that automatically combine data from multiple sources and summarize it in a single location. This could involve using Excel’s built-in functions to merge data from different sheets or workbooks, or to calculate sums, averages, and other summary statistics. You could then use Excel’s macro capabilities to automate the process of running these calculations and consolidating the data.

Overall, this can be a valuable skill in a variety of industries, as Excel is a widely used tool for data analysis and automation. By using Excel to automate these tasks and workflows, you can save time and effort, and improve the accuracy and consistency of your data.

In conclusion, practicing and applying your Excel skills is essential for mastering the software and becoming an expert user.

The 12 Excel practice projects and exercises presented in this article provide a wide range of challenges and opportunities for learning and improving your skills. By working on these projects, you can gain hands-on experience and confidence in using Excel, and apply your knowledge to real-world situations.

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced user, these projects can help you take your Excel skills to the next level. So, why not pick a project and start practicing today?

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5 Easy Steps to Do the Famous Excel Assignment Sheet

Updated: May 22, 2023

Keeping up with the college schedule can be hard, especially when your university, like mine, works on a quarter system.

At the beginning of my first year, I thought using a calendar/agenda and pen would work just as great as it did in high school, but I quickly realized that most professors give out all assignments at the beginning of the term and don't remind you before the deadline. I was overwhelmed with so many assignments that I barely had time to study; everything was pilling up.

One of my roommates said that she stayed organized with a color-coded excel sheet for all assignments of the term. I later noticed that it was a trend for people to use this method, however, when I asked my friends about it, most of them wanted to do it but didn't know how to.

I had to learn how to do it myself and ended up using it for my entire freshman year. So far, it has worked wonderfully, so I figured I would share how to do it so everyone can give it a try.

Step 1. Color Coding

In this 1st step, you will decide which colors you'll be using for each subject.

Here, for example, I have my six classes abbreviated, and I colored each one differently: Linguistics is orange, Techniques of Speaking is blue and so on...

Step 2. Writing Down the Assignments

Every university has their own system regarding how assignments are given out, for example, Drexel University uses a syllabus system. Each professor will hand out a syllabus for their class at the beginning of the year, where inside, the student can find all the deadlines and assignments for the term.

Write down all the details of each assignment in the excel sheet. Add the class name, the # of the week in which it is due, the complete due date, the name of the assignment, and the status (blank or done) **more on this later.

Repeat this step for each class.

Step 3. Adding Color

This step is very simple. Select all the cells for each subject and add the color you decided on for that class. Here is how mine looks so far:

Step 4. Organizing by Due Date

To organize our sheet by due date, we must sort *custom sort* the entire chart.

Select the entire chart, every column and every line. All the assignments, no matter the class.

Right click and select *sort* - *custom sort*.

Clicking on *custom sort* must have opened the sort window.

There, you'll see a list that says column, sort by. column A. You must click on the list and change the column to the column in which your due dates are listed on.

For example: my due dates are on column D, so I change the list that says "column A" to "column D."

Next, there's a list that says sort on, values. This will remain the same so leave it at "values."

The last list says order, oldest to newest. This will also remain the same. **If yours says something different, simply click on the list and a drop down menu will pop up where you can select the option "oldest to newest."

When your "sort" window looks like this, click on *ok* to make the changes. It will organize your assignments by due date and not by class.

Step 5. Using It

The final step is to use your excel sheet, and every time you have completed an assignment, on the column status write the word "done."

"done" means you have finished the assignment.

Then, once you have turned in the assignment, you can cross off the entire line.

How to cross something of:

Shortcut in Windows computer: select the cells you want to cross off, then click Ctrl + 5.

Shortcut in Mac computer: select the cells you want to cross off, then click Command + Shift + X.

Normal way in any computer: select the cells you want to cross off, then click on the bottom right corner of the "font" section.

Once the "format cells" window has opened on the "font" section, select the *strikethrough* option under "effects."

Then click on *ok* to make the changes.

After a while of using your chart, it will start looking like this.

Make sure to add any new assignments to the chart by simply inserting a new line, changing its color and organizing it by due date. Simply repeat the 5 steps.

I hope this was helpful to keep up with your college schedule. Thank me later ;)

I appreciate your feedback. If you have any questions, concerns, and/or comments, please write them below in the comments section and I will make sure to reply to as many as I can. Have a wonderful day.

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Homework Planner Template

The best thing I can say about this homework planner is that my own kids like it enough to want me to print a copy for them each week. The design for this planner came from a mash-up of the techniques that my brother and I used in college to organize our time. I've refined the design based on feedback from my kids (one high-schooler and two home-schoolers).

How It Works : This planner combines two very useful tools for keeping track of your homework assignments, both on a single page. First, on the left is a homework check list for each of your classes. Use it to list the assignments, due dates, and the estimated time to complete each assignment. List upcoming exams and plan times to study. Second, on the right side you can plan your week to figure out how you will get everything done.

Printable Homework Planners

The following PDF files can be printed as needed. The main difference is in the weekly schedule because high-schoolers and home-schoolers tend to do their homework at different times of the day.

License : Private Use (not for distribution or resale)

Authors: Jon Wittwer and Jim Wittwer

Description

This spreadsheet includes two separate worksheets with slightly different designs. The Homeschool design doesn't include the "time" column because we found it wasn't as critical to predict how much time a particular assignment would take. However, for high school and college, estimating the time to complete each assignment can be extremely helpful.

We designed it so that you can either print blank copies of the planner, or edit it electronically. You may be able to store and edit this planner on your mobile device if you are using Excel for iPad/iPhone or Google Sheets.

Tips for Students:

1. Customize the template: Using Excel or Word, enter your class names on the left and your typical weekly schedule. For example, use the schedule to highlight the times for each of your classes, your extracurricular activities, part-time jobs, etc.

2. Print blank copies: After customizing the template, you can print as many of these planner pages as you need, and you won't need to enter your typical weekly schedule each time.

3. Don't forget incomplete assignments: When switching to a new page each week, don't forget to go through your list of assignments and transfer the incomplete assignments to the new page.

4. Don't lose it: Keep your planner page in a folder that you always have with you. If you are worried about misplacing it, try taking a picture of it with your phone as a backup.

5. Use a mobile app: If you have a phone with the Excel or Word app or Google Docs app, and you are allowed to use a mobile device in school, you could try going paperless and editing the template on your phone. You could also try using one of the many "student planner" or "homework planner" mobile apps. The problem with this approach is that phones can be a huge distraction. If you are obsessed with Instagram or texting, it may be better to avoid using your phone if you want to get anything done.

Note to Teachers:

You are welcome to print copies of this planner to give to your students. The worksheet is pretty intuitive, but don't assume that students will know how to use it. Teach them about managing their time and help them learn how a planner can help.

One important thing that you can do to help your students is to give them a realistic estimate of how much time each assignment will take. If you get a lot of students complaining that an assignment took longer than you said, either cut back the work (if it was excessive), or use the feedback to give a better estimate next time around.

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Open Excel.

Select Blank workbook .

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Select an empty cell, such as A1, and then type text or a number.

Press Enter or Tab to move to the next cell.

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Enter the beginning of the series in two cells: such as Jan and Feb; or 2014 and 2015.

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Create a to-do list in Excel

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by Farizat Tabora

To-do lists are helpful for everything from projects at work to chores at home, and using a template saves me a ton of time. Today I’m going to share with you my favorite to-do list template . I rely on it every day to keep my head clear and organized.

You can choose from dozens of free Microsoft to-do list templates on Microsoft Create. I use Excel Web to edit my template, which is completely free!

An image of an Excel to-do list template

Use formatting to easily show priority and due dates

First, I assign a priority level, start date and due date to each task. To make it easier to see which tasks require immediate attention, I like to use conditional formatting to highlight priority.

We'll start by creating the first rule to highlight high priority tasks with red color. To do this in the to-do list template, select the "Priority" column > Conditional formatting > Highlight Cell Rules > Text that contains > type "High", and keep red as the fill color. Select Done to apply the rule.

Next, let's create a rule to highlight normal priority tasks with yellow color. Select the plus sign to create a new rule. Select Specific text , type "Normal" and select yellow as the fill color, then Done .

Lastly, we'll create a rule to highlight low priority tasks with grey color. Again, we can click on the plus sign to create a new rule, select Specific text , type "low" and select grey as the fill color and black as the font color. Select Done to apply the rule.

Now that we've set up conditional formatting, it's easier to identify the priority of each task in the Excel to-do list.

Update your task status to stay on track

As I work on each task in the to-do list template, I update its status using the drop-down menu in the "Status" column. This helps me keep track of what I've accomplished and what still needs to be done. To keep track of my progress, I also update the "% Complete" column as I work through each task. Finally, if I need to add any additional details or notes about a task, I can easily do so in the "Notes" column.

That's it! With this easy-to-use Excel to-do list template, I can keep my tasks organized and stay on top of my work.

Why use dollar sign ($) in Excel formulas - absolute and relative cell references

When writing an Excel formula, $ in cell references confuses many users. But the explanation is very simple. The dollar sign in an Excel cell reference serves just one purpose - it tells Excel whether to change or not to change the reference when the formula is copied to other cells. And this short tutorial provides full details about this great feature.

The importance of Excel cell reference can hardly be overstated. Get the insight into the difference between absolute, relative and mixed references, and you are halfway to mastering the power and versatility of Excel formulas and functions.

All of you have probably seen the dollar sign ($) in Excel formulas and wondered what's that all about. Indeed, you can reference one and the same cell in four different ways, for example A1, $A$1, $A1, and A$1.

The dollar sign in an Excel cell reference affects just one thing - it instructs Excel how to treat the reference when the formula is moved or copied to other cells. In a nutshell, using the $ sign before the row and column coordinates makes an absolute cell reference that won't change. Without the $ sign, the reference is relative and it will change.

If you are writing a formula for a single cell, you can go with any reference type and get the formula right anyway. But if you intend to copy your formula to other cells, choosing the appropriate cell reference type is crucial. If you feel lucky, you can toss a coin :) If you want to be serious, then invest a few minutes in learning the ins-and-outs of absolute and relative cell references in Excel, and when to use which one.

What is an Excel cell reference?

To put it simply, a cell reference in Excel is a cell address. It tells Microsoft Excel where to look for the value you want to use in the formula.

But if you want to move or copy the formula across the worksheet, it's very important that you choose the right reference type for the formula to get copied correctly to other cells. The following sections provide the detailed explanation and formula examples for each cell reference type.

Note. Apart from the A1 reference style , where columns are defined by letters and rows by numbers, there also exist the R1C1 reference style where both rows and columns are identified by numbers (R1C1 designates row 1, column 1).

Excel relative cell reference (without $ sign)

A relative reference in Excel is a cell address without the $ sign in the row and column coordinates, like A1 .

When a formula with relative cell references in copied to another cell, the reference changes based on a relative position of rows and columns. By default, all references in Excel are relative. The following example shows how relative references work.

Supposing you have the following formula in cell B1:

As you see, using relative cell references in Excel formulas is a very convenient way to perform the same calculations across the entire worksheet. To better illustrate this, let's discuss a real-life example.

Using relative reference is Excel - formula example

Supposing you have a column of USD prices (column B) in your worksheet, and you want to convert them to EUR. Knowing the USD - EUR conversion rate (0.93 at the moment of writing), the formula for row 2, is as simple as =B2*0.93 . Notice, that we are using an Excel relative cell reference, without the dollar sign.

An Excel formula with a relative cell reference

Tip. By default, all cell references in Excel are relative references. So, when writing a formula, you can add a relative reference by clicking the corresponding cell on the worksheet instead of typing a cell reference manually.

Copying the formula with a relative cell reference to other cells

Excel absolute cell reference (with $ sign)

An absolute reference in Excel is a cell address with the dollar sign ($) in the row or column coordinates, like $A$1 .

In real worksheets, it's a very rare case when you'd use only absolute references in your Excel formula. However, there are a lot of tasks that require using both absolute and relative references, as demonstrated in the following examples.

Note. An absolute cell reference should not be confused with absolute value , which is the magnitude of a number without regard to its sign.

Using relative and absolute cell references in one formula

Quite often you may need a formula where some cell references are adjusted for the columns and rows where the formula is copied, while others remain fixed on specific cells. In other words, you have to use relative and absolute cell references in a single formula.

Example 1. Relative and absolute cell references for calculating numbers

Using relative and absolute cell references in one formula

In this formula (B4*$C$1), there are two cell reference types:

B4 - relative cell reference that is adjusted for each row, and
$C$1 - absolute cell reference that never changes no matter where the formula is copied.

Example 2. Relative and absolute cell references for calculating dates

Another common use of absolute and relative cell references in a single formula is Calculating dates in Excel based on today's date.

Using relative and absolute cell references for calculating dates

And again, we use two reference types in the formula:

Relative for the cell with the first delivery date (B4), because you want this cell reference to vary depending on the row where the formula resides.
Absolute for the cell with today's date ($C$1), because you want this cell reference to remain constant.

Excel mixed cell reference

A mixed cell reference in Excel is a reference where either the column letter or a row number is fixed. For example, $A1 and A$1 are mixed references. But what does each mean? It's very simple.

As you remember, an Excel absolute reference contains 2 dollar signs ($) that lock both the column and the row. In a mixed cell reference, only one coordinate is fixed (absolute) and the other (relative) will change based on a relative position of the row or column:

Absolute column and relative row , like $A1. When a formula with this reference type is copied to other cells, the $ sign in front of the column letter locks the reference to the specified column so that it never changes. The relative row reference, without the dollar sign, varies depending on the row to which the formula is copied.
Relative column and absolute row , like A$1. In this reference type, it's the row's reference that won't change, and the column's reference will.

Below you will find an example of using both mixed cell reference types that will hopefully make things easier to understand.

Using a mixed reference in Excel - formula example

For this example, we will be using our currency conversion table again. But this time, we won't limit ourselves only to the USD - EUR conversion. What we are going to do is to convert the dollar prices to a number of other currencies, all with a single formula !

To begin with, let's enter the conversion rates in some row, say row 2, as shown in the screenshot below. And then, you write just one formula for the top-left cell (C5 in this example) to calculate the EUR price:

Using a mixed reference in an Excel formula

And now, copy the formula down to other cells in column C, and after that auto-fill other columns with the same formula by dragging the fill handle. As the result, you will have 3 different price columns calculated correctly based on the corresponding exchange rate in row 2 in the same column. To verify this, select any cell in the table and view the formula in the formula bar.

A mixed cell reference is adjusted correctly for each cell.

And now, let's understand how it comes that Excel exactly knows which price to take and which exchange rate to multiply it by. As you may have guessed, it's the mixed cell references that do the trick ($B5*C$2).

$B5 - absolute column and relative row . Here you add the dollar sign ($) only before the column letter to anchor the reference to column A, so Excel always uses the original USD prices for all conversions. The row reference (without the $ sign) is not locked because you want to calculate the prices for each row individually.
C$2 - relative column and absolute row . Because all the exchange rates reside in row 2, you lock the row reference by putting the dollar sign ($) in front of the row number. And now, no matter what row you copy the formula to, Excel will always look for the exchange rate in row 2. And because the column reference is relative (without $ sign), it will get adjusted for the column to which the formula is copied.

How to reference an entire column or row in Excel

When you are working with an Excel worksheet that has a variable number of rows, you may want to refer to all of the cells within a specific column. To reference the whole column, just type a column letter twice and a colon in between, for example A:A .

A whole-column reference

As well as cell references, an entire column reference can be absolute and relative, for example:

Absolute column reference , like $A:$A
Relative column reference, like A:A

And again, you use the dollar sign ($) in an absolute column reference to lock it to a certain column, for the entire-column reference not to change when you copy a formula to other cells.

A whole-row reference

To refer to the entire row, you use the same approach except that you type row numbers instead of column letters:

Absolute row reference , like $1:$1
Relative row reference, like 1:1

Example 1. Excel entire-column reference (absolute and relative)

Supposing you have some numbers in column B and you want to find out their total and average. The problem is that new rows are added to the table every week, so writing a usual SUM() or AVERAGE() formula for a fixed range of cells is not the way to go. Instead, you can reference the entire column B:

=SUM($B:$B) - use the dollar sign ($) to make an absolute whole-column reference that locks the formula to column B.

=SUM(B:B) - write the formula with no $ to make a relative whole-column reference that will get changed as you copy the formula to other columns.

Tip. When writing the formula, click the column letter to have the entire-column reference added to the formula. As is the case with cell references, Excel inserts a relative reference (with no $ sign) by default:

Writing a formula with an entire-column reference

In the same fashion, we write a formula to calculate the average price in the whole column B:

=AVERAGE(B:B)

Use a relative entire-column reference for the formula to get adjusted when copied to other columns.

Note. When using an entire-column reference in your Excel formulas, never input the formula anywhere within the same column. For example, it might seem like a good idea to enter the formula =SUM(B:B) in one of the empty bottom-most cells in column B to have the total at the end of the same column. Don't do this! This would create a so-called circular reference and the formula would return 0.

Example 2. Excel entire-row reference (absolute and relative)

If the data in your Excel sheet is organized in rows rather than columns, then you can reference an entire row in your formula. For example, this is how we can calculate an average price in row 2:

=AVERAGE($2:$2) - an absolute whole-row reference is locked to a specific row by using the dollar sign ($).

=AVERAGE(2:2) - a relative whole-row reference will change when the formula is copied to other rows.

Example 3. How to refer to an entire column excluding the first few rows

This is a very topical problem, because quite often the first few row in a worksheet contain some introductory clause or explanatory information and you don't want to include them in your calculations. Regrettably, Excel does not allow references like B5:B that would include all the rows in column B beginning with row 5. If you try adding such a reference, your formula will most likely return the #NAME error.

Instead, you can specify a maximum row , so that your reference includes all possible rows in a given column. In Excel 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007, a maximum is 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns. Earlier Excel versions have a row maximum of 65,536 and column maximum of 256.

So, to find an average for each price column in the below table (columns B through D), you enter the following formula in cell F2, and then copy it to cells G2 and H2:

Making a reference to the entire column excluding the first few rows

If you are using the SUM function, you can also subtract the rows you want to exclude:

Example 4. Using a mixed entire-column reference in Excel

As I mentioned a few paragraphs before, you can also make a mixed entire-column or entire-row reference in Excel:

Mixed column reference, like $A:A
Mixed row reference, like $1:1

Using a mixed entire-column reference in Excel

How to switch between absolute, relative, and mixed references (F4 key)

When you write an Excel formula, $ sign can of course be typed manually to change a relative cell reference to absolute or mixed. Or, you can hit the F4 key to speed things up. For the F4 shortcut to work, you have to be in formula edit mode:

Select the cell with the formula.
Enter Edit mode by pressing the F2 key, or double-click the cell.
Select the cell reference you want to change.
Press F4 to toggle between four cell reference types.

Switching between absolute, relative, and mixed references in Excel

Note. If you press F4 without selecting any cell reference, the reference to the left of the mouse pointer will get selected automatically and changed to another reference type.

I hope now you fully understand what relative and absolute cell references are, and an Excel formula with $ signs is no longer a mystery. In the next few articles, we will continue learning various aspects of Excel cell references such as referencing another worksheet, 3d reference, structured reference, circular reference, and so on. In the meantime, I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!

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Hi, Nice walkthrough, I however has another issue: I write a reference in a stationary cell, lets say =SUM(A5:A25). The area A5:A25 is marked to take user input, but because of different reasons the users will probably use "inser new row" at A5, pushing everything below down one step. This makes the reference move too, putting the new row outside of the function. I tried finding a way of defining the reference as a string rather than a direct reference but has not found a way that Excel will allow. The only way that works so far is to reference the whole column (A:A), but that of course but some limits on where you can put other necessary data. Any thoughts? And thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Hi! You can lock a reference to a range of cells using the INDIRECT function. Read more: Using Excel INDIRECT function to lock a cell reference . For example:

=SUM(INDIRECT("A5:A25"))

You can also convert your data into an Excel table and make the SUM formula refer to a column in that spreadsheet, as described here: Structured references in Excel tables .

Extremely helpful and clear. To the point. Keep it up!

this was incredibly helpful but I have one question/problem. I have a large excel spreadsheet to track speakers at a conference. I have mutiple tabs that are statistics for region, gender, topics etc.

So basically, let's say I lock a cell in my forumla as E$2 this means that when I copy the formula down the cells, the reference will not change as the row number is locked. But I want the column to change as it moves down but this isn't happening. Can you explain/find a solution? If I copy the formula to the right, the column alphabet would change as it’s not locked but this is not helpful so I don't understand why Excel applies two different rules to the same cell forumulation (i.e. E$2).

Hi! When moving down, you stay in the same column. Why should he change?

I may missed this is your write up but i can't get excel to add coloumns with XLOOKUP, my formula is

=XLOOKUP(Sheet1!$B$3,Sheet2!$A$2:$A$3,Sheet2!B$2:B$3,"")

as you can see i've locked all rows and coloumns except in the return array as i want the coloumns in that to go up letter by letter but excel wont do it

Can you help?

Hi Sorry i forgot to add this is when i drag the autofill...i want the columns in the return array to automatically go up

I understand whats happening...my Sheet1 has a list of products vertically and Sheet2 has them horzontally...what i'm trying to do is drag the autofill downwords and have it increase the columns...doesnt work but if i drag if horizontally it does work

So my question now is...is it possible to do what i want or do i have to redo my sheet?

Hi! If you want to copy the formula down the column and look for new values, use a relative reference in the first argument.

Wow.. Amazing. What a knowledge you have... Everything is explained very simple, clearly & in detail.

Thank you for great opportunity to learn these formulas it is very helpful to us who seek ideas or knowledge about these things,thank you for the team who made effort to creat and published here on webpage

how to use IFS , in statement, i have the system reset which is equal to 1, hardware reset is equal to 2, then software system is equal to 3

Hi! You can learn more about IFS function in Excel in this article on our blog.

The fact I am still at the very beginning of Excel course and I am just embraced. I feel it is gonna be friendly and let my mind work a lot. Thanks for your great work!

God bless you for this

How do you set up a formula to reference a cell in the same column when a new column is added to the 'left'? e.g. Cell D4 contains =IF(J4="";"";J4) where column J contains purchases made today. When purchases are made on a new day, the new day's purchases are in Column J and the previous day's purchases are shifted to Column K. How do I set up Cell D4 to reference J4

Hello! Use absolute cell references in your formulas.

Excellent. Thanks for the very informative blog.

In a question for school they ask us to give an aswer to something like formula 5^(1+4)*4-5/7 using the order calculation followed by excel. Round to two decimal, and use a decimal (“.”). What is the function of ("."). Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi! I recommend reading this guide: Rounding in Excel: ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN, FLOOR ...

Please refer to attached excel sheet in which Bill of material is created. The cell L3 is multiplication factor of j3 and k3. Since k1 to k13 is merged we have used dollar symbol so that k3 link will not change. But when this set is copied for next beam set ie 1 to 13 of beam 1 to beam 2 the link is again k3 only. Is there any solution for that. If we remove dollar symbol k3 is increasing in steps of k4,k5,k6 which is not acceptable.

what does the ^ mean in excel?

Hello! Please have a look at this article — Operators used in Excel spreadsheet formulas I hope my advice will help you solve your task.

Best Explanation...

This was a life-saver, I always get so confused about this but this article manages to break it down in a way that makes me understand the concept easily! thank you

Hello, I have been wondering before how to go about the use of dollar sign in excel formulas. This has been the best explanation I have ever gotten in excel study. From nothing and in a few minutes I've already understood!!!. I will say thanks so much for preparing this article.

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This is very insightful

complicated

To do this you will need to calculate the increase in expenditure (current total expenditure multiplied by the percentage increase) and add it to the current total expenditure. Copy the formula down the column. (Make sure that all the calculations are using the value in Z2!).

Hello, I have 2 workbooks - WB1 and WB2. In WB2 I want to reference a cell in WB1 to copy the data from that cell over. However if a new line is added to WB1 it loses the reference data. Should I be using $ symbols in my formula reference or not for WB2 to follow the movement of cell in WB1 if lines are added?

Thank you for your help

there are 2 sheets in a excel file and i wrote a formula below. can i simplify that?

Cn!$G9*Pro!K$6+Cn!$H9*Pro!I$7+Cn!$I9*Pro!I$8+Cn!$J9*Pro!I$9+Cn!$K9*Pro!I$10+Cn!$L9*Pro!I$11+Cn!$M9*Pro!I$12+Cn!$N9*Pro!I$13+Cn!$O9*Pro!I$14

Please see the Table below Sheet 1 A B C D E F G H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sheet 2 A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

the formula will be

Sheet A1*Sheet 1A1+Sheet 1A2* sheet 2B1............

how can i do this formula easily.

*Awesome article* - it fixed my problem of Excel auto-incrementing my formulas.

On a separate note, I found out that auto-incrementing (aka autofill) does not work if you have filtered your column(s). I filtered to exclude every other row and couldn't get autofill to work. Took off the filter, selected 4 rows (2 rows I didn't want and 2 that I did), dragged the autofill down and it worked.

Copying and pasting improvements in Excel for the web

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Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! I’m Cherishma, a Product Manager on the Excel team. I’m excited to share improvements with you that will help you save time while copying and pasting in Excel for the web.

Copying and pasting improvements in Excel for the web

Based on feedback we’ve received from many of you, we’ve made the following improvements to the copying and pasting experience:

Drag and drop enhancements provide a more seamless and intuitive way to manipulate data.
Autofill enables you to drag data to fill series, copy cells, and split data.
Paste options improvements allow you to choose the right paste option for your needs by right-clicking or accessing the auto-recovery paste options.

How it works

Check out the paste option improvements, copy some data, and either explore the paste options available in the ribbon, or right-click in the location where you want to paste the copied information and select the paste option you want.

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This feature is now available to all Excel for the web users.

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How-To Geek

Excel sheets don't support bookmarks (so use this hack).

Excel has its own bookmark-type feature.

Quick Links

What is a bookmark (in word), how to set and locate a bookmark (name) in excel, how to remove or edit names in excel, other reasons for using the name box.

Do you have a massive Excel workbook containing lots of worksheets with many rows and columns? Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling or jumping from one tab to the other? Stop there, because this hack will resolve this issue for you.

A bookmark is an invisible way-point in a Word document (don't worry—we'll get to the Excel bit shortly). To set one, with your cursor at the point you want to mark, go to the "Insert" tab on the ribbon and click "Bookmarks" in the "Links" group. Here, you can give your bookmark a name (with no spaces).

You can add or link to as many bookmarks as you wish in a document, and they are really useful if, for example, you want to mark and jump to an important location in your document. Doing this can also be handy to save time if you'd otherwise have to scroll through a long document, where you could also miss what you're looking for. It's also great for creating hyperlinks to certain parts of your work.

To jump to a bookmark you've set in Word, press Ctrl+G (or Ctrl+Cmd+G on a Mac), open the "Go To" tab, click "Bookmark", and use the drop-down to choose where you want to go.

However, to do the same thing (and more) in an Excel workbook, you have to take a different route.

In Excel, bookmarks are called—somewhat unimaginatively— names , accessible through the name box in the top-left corner of your workbook. In fact, every cell already has its own bookmark, or name, which you can see by selecting any cell and looking at the name box.

To jump to a cell within the active worksheet—useful if you have hundreds of rows or columns within that sheet—type the column-row reference, such as E7, into the name box and press Enter. If you have other active tabs in your workbook, you can jump to any cell within any of the worksheets by typing the tab name, followed by an exclamation mark, and then the cell reference. For example,

would take us to Sheet 2, cell G5. Or you can type just the tab name, which would take you to an unspecified location within that sheet.

You can also use the name box to highlight a range of cells. For example, if you were to type

in the name box, this would highlight these cells for you in the current sheet, handy if you want to select a large range of cells. Try this out with other combinations, such as

to highlight the whole of column R, or

to highlight the whole of row 5.

While cells already have their own reference names, you can change what they're called by selecting the cell and typing a new name in the name box. What's more, you can also name a range of data. Let's say you have an important data range in your large workbook that you need to view often. Simply select the data and give it a name.

You'll need to use a slightly different method to name a formatted table. Go to the bottom of this section for instructions on how to do this.

Excel doesn't like spaces in names. If you want to use more than one word in the name, either type them without a space (for example, TotalPrices), or use an underscore (Total_Prices).

You can also name other elements in your workbook—such as charts or illustrations—in the same way. Unfortunately, you can only use the name box to jump to a cell or range of cells (you can't jump to charts or illustrations), but naming a chart can be useful in VBA coding .

No matter where you are in your workbook, click the drop-down arrow next to the name box and instantly jump to the cells you've named.

If you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, press F5 to bring up the Go To dialog box.

You can also create a hyperlink to named cells in your workbook. Right-click the cell where you want the hyperlink to go, and choose "Link" from the options that appear. Then, click "Place In This Document", choose the name you want to link to, and click "OK."

Naming a Formatted Table (It's Slightly Different)

If you use a table within your workbook, we recommend that you format it properly using Excel's built-in table formatter . Then, if you add additional columns or rows to your table, the name you have given to your array will extend to include the new data. Importantly, after formatting your table, you need to use a different name box, which means you'll be able to reference the table in formulas later on. We will discuss this more in the final section of this article.

Select any cell within your table, and click the "Table Design" tab on the ribbon. Head to the Properties group and change the name of your table, before pressing Enter.

You will now see the name of the table appear when you click the drop-down arrow next to the name box. Even though you used a different method to name your table, your table appears as a named array in the usual way.

You might accidentally create a name for a cell or range when you actually meant to jump to a certain item. Or, maybe, you need to change a name you've already assigned. To remove or change names in Excel, in the Formulas tab on the ribbon, click "Name Manager" in the Defined Names group. You can also create a new bookmark in the window that appears, but it's definitely easier to do this on the worksheet itself using the methods outlined above.

When you're done managing the names in your workbook, click "Close" in the bottom right-hand corner of the window.

Now that you've assigned names to cells within your workbook, let's look at other name box gems.

Reference a Name Within a formula

In the example below, we have an accounting table on a separate tab in our workbook, and want to pull data from our table on Sheet 1. Because we've named our data range, we can use that name within a formula, and Excel will help us to do that.

Start by typing the calculation you want to create. In our case, we want to sum the employees' pay.

Now, begin typing the name of the data range. In our case, it's Employee_Pay.

You'll notice that the name you have given the data range appears.

Double-click the data name.

We now want to tell Excel to use the Total Pay column within our table, and we do this by opening a square parenthesis.

=sum(Employee_Pay[

This time, Excel will bring up each column name within your named table.

Double-click the column name, close the square parenthesis, and close the formula parenthesis, before pressing Enter.

=sum(Employee_Pay[Total Pay])

This will successfully sum all values in that column, and will also pick up changes or additions to the values in the column because you've named the table. We would then go ahead and use the same technique to complete the other totals and averages in our accounting table.

Create Names for Columns in Tables

Finally, if you have a large table of data, you might want to create a bookmark for an important row or column that you want to access quickly.

Highlight your table, and in the "Formulas" tab on the ribbon, click "Create From Selection".

You can then choose which names you want to create and click "OK." In our example, if we choose "Top Row," this will result in the column names being added to the name list for easier access later on.

If you have a particularly large spreadsheet, you may not remember which names refer to which ranges. In this case, you can generate a list of names and their associated cell ranges you can reference as you type your formulas for that spreadsheet.

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To do this in the to-do list template, select the "Priority" column > Conditional formatting > Highlight Cell Rules > Text that contains > type "High", and keep red as the fill color. Select Done to apply the rule. Next, let's create a rule to highlight normal priority tasks with yellow color. Select the plus sign to create a new rule.
Relative and absolute cell reference: why use $ in Excel formula
The dollar sign in an Excel cell reference affects just one thing - it instructs Excel how to treat the reference when the formula is moved or copied to other cells. In a nutshell, using the $ sign before the row and column coordinates makes an absolute cell reference that won't change. Without the $ sign, the reference is relative and it will ...
How to Calculate a Weighted Average in Excel
Step Three: Combine the SUMPRODUCT and SUM to Calculate the Weighted Average. Now we can combine the two functions to determine the student's final grade based on their scores and the weights of each score. Select the cell where the weighted average should go (for us that's cell D15) and then type the following formula into the function bar.
homework
Use a single dataset and a single result set. Ask them for their reasoning behind for achieving the most complex tasks of the assignment. Use this to check for cheating. No one person thinks exactly the same or describes something complex in the same manner. My recommendation is for the latter.
Copying and pasting improvements in Excel for the web
Look into the autofill feature, add data in a cell, select the cell, and then drag using the plus sign in the bottom right corner of the selected cell. Check out the paste option improvements, copy some data, and either explore the paste options available in the ribbon, or right-click in the location where you want to paste the copied ...
Excel Sheets Don't Support Bookmarks (So Use This Hack)
A bookmark is an invisible way-point in a Word document (don't worry—we'll get to the Excel bit shortly). To set one, with your cursor at the point you want to mark, go to the "Insert" tab on the ribbon and click "Bookmarks" in the "Links" group. Here, you can give your bookmark a name (with no spaces). You can add or link to as many ...