Excel 101: Introducing Excel

22 videos | 92 minutes | by Gary Grudzinskas

Microsoft's Excel 2013 for Windows is one of the most ubiquitous and useful pieces of software ever! Join the excel-lent Gary Grudzinskas in this introductory course to learn how to create your first ever .xls spreadsheet!

From creating simple budgets and lists to extremely complex interactive data worksheets, Microsoft Excel 2013 for Windows does it all. However, before you can master this powerful software you've got to get the basics! That's exactly what this course is designed to do!

First, you learn the Excel interface and the basics of how to navigate around a spreadsheet. Here is where trainer Gary G. explains the concepts of columns, rows and cells.

Next up is an exploration of worksheets and the ribbon. Here you look at Excel's commands and how to configure your document to meet the needs of your first project. This is followed by a section on formatting and a brief introduction to formulas and outputting.

By the end of this introductory course, Gary gets you feeling confident about creating your first basic Excel spreadsheet.