Excel Tutorial for Beginners: Learn the Right Way

What Will You Learn?

• This Excel tutorial for beginners will teach you how to:
• Navigate in Excel [00:12]
• Organize, format, and analyze data [00:12]
• Use formulas [00:16] to accomplish common Excel tasks.
• The video starts from the absolute basics, explaining what Excel is [00:28], how to open a new file [00:52], and introduces you to workbooks and worksheets [01:45]. You'll also learn about:
• Columns, rows, and cells [02:50], including how they are named and how to select them [04:58].
• The Name Box and Formula Bar [06:50].
• The Ribbon [08:06] and its various tools.
• Entering and editing data [08:34] in cells.
• Formatting data [10:58] by adjusting column widths, inserting/deleting/hiding columns and rows [11:06], and changing number formats [13:26].
• Finding and replacing data [14:20] using search functions.
• Conditional formatting [15:11] to highlight data based on criteria.
• The basics of Excel formulas and functions [16:24], including arithmetic operators [16:40], using cell references [18:55], and practical examples with the SUM [19:47], MAX [20:41], and IF [21:08] functions.
• Moving data [24:19] around a worksheet.
• The video also recommends a follow-up tutorial on Pivot Tables [24:45].