How to learn Excel

Looking to learn Excel basics or want to improve your skills and become an Excel expert?

There are many ways to learn Excel from the ground. You can read a book, however one of the best Excel book according to Amazon ratings the Excel Bible is more than 1000 pages. It is a real challenge to read this amount of information. Another possibility is to attend a course in a local training center. This can be quite pricy and you have no control on the schedule but you have the possibility to ask questions to the teacher.

One of the most effective and easiest way today is to watching video training courses. You can schedule it as you want and the costs are also very low. There are a lot of well build Excel training materials on the internet you can learn from covering topics like basic data entering tasks, creating formulas and functions, formatting, creating charts, security and sharing options, pivot tables, macros and so on. You only need a dedicated video player to maximize the effectiveness.

To get the most out of video trainings you should follow some productivity advice:

• Give yourself enough time. If the length of the course is 3 hours it doesn't mean that you will be an Excel expert after 3 hours of learning. You need extra time to try the material yourself.
• Do the exercises. Try to do the same tasks yourself as well. Just to feel the knowledge in your hands.
• Take notes. During the video lessons take your own notes. It also helps you to memorize things an later you can review your notes to refresh your knowledge.
• Take a break. After every 40-50 minutes take some break and stand up, drink something and try to refresh your body.

Start learning Excel in 15 minutes

Follow the steps below to start learning Excel in just 15 minutes:

• Download and install MoocPlayer. Register your email address and you will get the download link shortly.
• Select a training. Import Excel video trainings from the pre-build catalog that contains the best YouTube Excel trainings or simply import your local course folder.
• Take notes. Watch the course and take notes regularly. Try to organize your notes into groups like shortcut, questions or simple note.
• Export your Excel notes and use the generated page as a reference card and look over regularly to transfer the information into the long term memory of your brain.

Recommended Excel video trainigs

Here you can find a list of the best Excel video courses on YouTube. You can easily import them into MoocPlayer using the Find course option.