Excel for work: beginner to advanced

Use Excel confidently to organise data, analyse it and report it clearly.

Excel is still the tool most teams use to track, analyse and report work, yet many staff learn it by trial and error. This programme builds solid, practical Excel skills using your own types of data. Groups are levelled, from people who need to build a clean table to analysts who want pivot tables and dashboards. Every exercise ends with something participants will use at work the next day, such as a template, a report or a checklist for checking figures.

Who it is for: Office, finance, human resources (HR), sales and operations staff who use Excel in daily work. Levelled groups from beginner to advanced.

What it covers: Clean, well-structured spreadsheets; Formulas and lookups that save time; Pivot tables, charts and simple dashboards; Checking accuracy and avoiding common errors.

Foundations: Structuring data in tables, Formatting that helps, not hides, Sorting, filtering and freeze panes, Sharing and protecting workbooks.

Formulas that save time: SUM, IF, COUNTIF and SUMIF, XLOOKUP and INDEX/MATCH, Text and date functions, Finding and fixing formula errors.

Analysis and reporting: Pivot tables and pivot charts, Choosing the right chart, Simple dashboards on one page, Conditional formatting for exceptions.

Accuracy and efficiency: Data validation and drop-down lists, Checking figures before sending, Templates for repeat reports, Introduction to Power Query.

Outcomes: Staff build tidy, reliable spreadsheets that others can use; Faster reporting with lookups, pivots and templates; Fewer errors in figures sent to managers and clients.

Which version of Excel do you use? Microsoft 365 Excel. We adjust for older versions if your organisation uses them.

How do you handle mixed ability? We send a short skills check before the course and split participants into beginner, intermediate and advanced groups.

Can we use our own data? Yes. We can build exercises from anonymised versions of your reports.

Do participants need laptops? Yes, one laptop per person with Excel installed. For on-site sessions we confirm the set-up in advance.

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