Classroom Training

Excel Introduction

Classroom training course - online version also available

£245 + VAT for most venues (£345 + VAT for London)

1 day

This one-day course provides the perfect introduction to Microsoft's popular spreadsheet application. You'll learn how to create formulae, make your worksheets look pretty, create charts and print out your work. Take the fear-factor out of Excel, and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant at the same time (COVID restrictions allowing).

Course details

Possible locations:London, Manchester, Online
Next classroom course:Mon 06 September 2021
Time:10.00-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The contents of this course are as follows:

Excel basics

Numbers, text and dates
Moving around
Selecting cells
Working with files
Moving and copying

Creating formulae

Understanding BODMAS and brackets
AutoSum (totals and other functions)
Using the function wizard

Formatting worksheets

Inserting/deleting rows/columns
Fonts, colours and alignment
Boxes, lines and shading
Simple number formats
Using the Format Painter

Basic printing

Using print preview
Margins and orientation
Scaling (fitting to a page)
Printing the selected cells

Worksheets

Inserting/deleting sheets
Moving and copying sheets
Moving between sheets
Linking sheets with formulae

Covered if time allows If time

Charts

Selecting data
Quick ways to create charts
Changing the chart type
Formatting and printing charts

Covered if time allows If time

Cell comments

Adding and editing comments
Printing comments

You should not attend this course if you're not already comfortable using Windows. The course uses Excel 365, although it will also be relevant for those using Excel 2016 or 2019.

Why Choose Us?

No more than 5 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
535 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts (note that some of these reviews may be for our online courses).

"Really appreciate the accompanying manual for future reference."

Callum Walker (Cheshire East Council)

"Content very good. Visually good and easy to follow. Manuals and website useful for further information."

Melanie Utteridge (Suffolk New College / Easton and Otley College)

"Excellent course, will recommend to colleagues."

Andy Clapham (Derbyshire County Council)

"Trainer really helpful and informative. Content great - covered lots in enough detail."

Lyndsey Thiele (Department of Health)

"Everyone I have interacted with from Wise Owl has been very professional yet still very friendly. I thought the course would be quite daunting but the trainer made it very enjoyable and accessible! My colleague received training a while ago and highly recommended this course and he also loved his experience with Wise Owl! I'm excited to start my other course next week."

Kim McCord (LICC (The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity))

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Scheduled Excel Introduction training dates

Here are the classroom Excel Introduction courses we have scheduled for the next 3 months:

Dates	Days	Venue	Price	Booking
Monday 06 September 2021	1	Manchester	£245	Book places
Tuesday 05 October 2021	1	London	£345	Book places
Monday 18 October 2021	1	Manchester	£245	Book places
Thursday 11 November 2021	1	Manchester	£245	Book places
Thursday 18 November 2021	1	London	£345	Book places

Date(s)	Venue
06/09	Manchester
05/10	London
18/10	Manchester
11/11	Manchester
18/11	London

All prices exclude VAT. If you can't see the dates you want, ask us about running onsite Excel training at your offices (we'll even provide and set up the computers).

Other Microsoft Excel training resources

Excel exercises

We've published all of our Microsoft Excel exercises online, so you can see whether you like our approach before booking an introductory Excel course (or any other, for that matter).

View Excel, Excel VBA or PowerPivot exercises

Excel videos

They are no substitute for classroom training face-to-face, but you may find our range of Excel training videos useful.

View Excel tips, Excel VBA - Basics, Microsoft Excel or PowerPivot videos

Excel skills assessment

Find out how much you know (and how much you don't) by taking one of our Excel skills assessment tests online.

View Test your VBA knowledge or Test your Excel 365 skills skills assessment tests

Excel blogs

Browse through our Excel blogs to see if you find any nuggets of information to inspire you.

View Excel, Power BI - Excel or VBA macros blogs

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