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Excel for Beginners 2025 - Learn the Basics and Copilot Tips

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Learn Microsoft Excel from the ground up in this comprehensive 41-minute tutorial that takes you from opening the application to using advanced AI features with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Master essential spreadsheet skills including navigation through tabs, ribbons, and groups, while learning to work efficiently with rows, columns, cells, and ranges. Develop proficiency in data entry and formatting techniques, including text formatting and currency formatting, before progressing to creating and understanding basic formulas and functions. Discover how to sort and filter data to uncover insights, visualize information through charts, and leverage Copilot's artificial intelligence capabilities for smarter and faster analysis. The tutorial covers accessing Excel through both Microsoft 365 Copilot and the desktop application, working with templates, managing worksheets, inserting rows and merging cells, saving files, and preparing spreadsheets for printing. Gain hands-on experience with a provided practice file featuring movie data while building confidence in creating powerful, organized spreadsheets that meet professional standards.

Syllabus

0:00 Learn Excel
1:09 Accessing Excel in Microsoft 365 Copilot
3:09 Using Excel desktop app
1:54 Templates
4:26 Layout – Tabs, ribbons, and groups
5:52 Rows, Columns, Cells and Ranges
6:42 Worksheets in Excel
7:20 Inputting text
9:52 Formatting text
14:08 Insert Row / Merge & Center cells
16:33 Saving your file
17:12 Currency formatting
18:42 Basic formulas in Excel
24:31 Basic functions in Excel
30:35 Sorting and Filtering in Excel
33:58 Inserting charts in Excel
35:00 Using Copilot in Excel
39:31 Printing in Excel

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