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We've put a lot of thought into making our online courses as useful and interactive as possbile:
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If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.
Here are some comments we've received about our Excel + training. You can see all of our 528 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.
"Knowledgeable trainer and useful information included in the sessions. "
Hannah Presswell
Bedfordshire Police
"Very informative course with a great teacher. Would recommend to anyone starting out!"
Charlotte Turner
Kepak Group
"Trainer was very enthusiastic and engaging. He was very pleasant and also willing to spend more, or less time, on whatever we felt was the most valuable for our jobs. This flexibility was really appreciated."
Callum Morley
PricewaterhouseCoopers
"Training was very interactive and this helped keep me engaged throughout both days - the course was quite a long one to do over teams but it didn't feel like it."
Caitlin Irving
Sellafield Ltd
"Our trainer made the course very enjoyable with his enthusiasm and humour. He made sure I felt like I could ask all and any questions I wanted, despite also having to pay extra attention to the other trainee."
Philip Howlett
Macquarie Energy Leasing
"Great course. The trainer was really knowledgeable and happy to answer all questions. Online course format worked well and the way the trainer viewed our screens meant he was able to give us hints/advice if we'd made any typos/errors, without holding the other delegates up."
Lyndsey Bell
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service
We've been teaching Excel since the early days (anyone remember Excel 4.0?), and consider ourselves gurus! There's a lot you can learn, so we've divided our training into three areas: standard courses, VBA (macros) and Office Scripts courses.
We run 4 standard Excel courses, covering the needs of everyone from beginners to advanced users:
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1 day | This is aimed at beginners: it shows how to create, format and print basic worksheets, and how to create simple charts. You won't need any existing experience to attend this course. | |
1 day | This is aimed at people who know the basics, but want to find out a bit more about what you can do in Excel. You'll learn how to sort and filter data in tables, how to apply conditional formatting, how to use IF functions, how to create range names and much more. | |
2 days | For those who are already comfortable using Excel, and want to find out what else the software allows you to do, we've created this two-day advanced course. You'll learn much more about the many useful functions in Excel such as XLOOKUP, XMATCH and INDEX, as well as how to work with pivot tables and how to import data from different sources. | |
2 days | Do you consider yourself proficient at using Excel? Do you build spreadsheet models as part of your job? This two day course will show you three things above all: how (and why) to use range names for every formula you create, the many short-cut keys available in Excel and how to use all the built-in Excel functions. Along the way you'll learn how to create robust financial models. |
Excel contains a built in macro programming language called VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), which it shares with the other Microsoft Office applications. We run two courses on VBA - introduction and advanced - as well as a three-day consolidated fast-track course:
Course | Length | Notes |
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2 days | You won't need any prior experience to attend this course, although if you've used another programming language you'll find it easier to pick things up. The course will teach you pretty much all of the theory that you'll need to automate routine tasks in Excel, although don't underestimate the need to then practise what you've learnt after the course has finished. | |
2 days | If you already know how to declare variables, test conditions, create loops and select cells using keywords like END and OFFSET, you may be ready for our two-day advanced VBA course (but note that for casual users of VBA this will be a course too far). You'll learn how to get Excel to talk to other Microsoft applications like Outlook and Word, how to loop over files and folders processing each in turn, how to work with tables of data in Access or SQL Server, how to create your own objects using class modules, and much more! | |
3 days | If you want to learn as much Excel VBA in as short a time as possible, this is the course for you! The training aims to cover the entire contents of the other two courses (with the exception of class modules) in just three days. |
Excel has two programming languages! If you're using Excel 365 online (or security is a big concern for you) you should use Office Scripts, rather than the older VBA. Here are the Office Scripts courses that we run:
Course | Length | Notes |
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2 days | This course will show you how to program in Office Scripts, a language which is a variant of TypeScript (itself based on JavaScript). You'll learn how to select ranges, work with arrays and write conditions and loops. | |
2 days | If you already know the basics of programming in Office Scripts, this will show you how to perform advanced tasks, such as working with charts, tables, emails, pivot tables and Power Automate flows. |
If you're still not sure which is the right Excel course for you, have a look at detailed help on what each Excel course involves.
We don't just teach in Excel - we use it internally too. And not just for work ...
Will this trainer beat his Park Run PB? The omens are not looking too good ...
We've written versions of Flappy Bird and Wordle in VBA within Excel too, just for fun. Book on one of our Excel courses to share our enthusiasm!
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Phone | Call us on (0161) 883 3606 and (within normal UK office hours) a friendly and helpful human will answer the phone! |
Send an email to our inbox and we'll aim to answer it within a couple of working hours. | |
Web | Fill in an enquiry form letting us know what you want to achieve, and we'll do our best to help! |
Each tests consists of 20 questions. The tests are free and anonymous, and at the end you'll see a full analysis of your results (as well as a comparison of how well you did relative to everyone else who has previously taken the test).
We've got the following videos on our site to help you to learn Excel:
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In addition to our classroom and online Excel training courses, we also have the following learning resources:
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Tips and tricks | Useful tips and tricks to make Excel easier |
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