Excel 2021 for Beginners

Excel 2021 for Beginners is a video course from the training company SimonSezIT hosted on Alison. It is organised as three content modules followed by a course assessment. Introduction to Excel 2021 covers how the 2021 release differs from Excel for Microsoft 365, launching Excel and the start screen, the interface and backstage area, navigating cells, rows and columns, and the keyboard shortcuts worth learning early. Creating Your First Excel Spreadsheet moves on to workbooks and worksheets, templates, the different ways of saving, entering and editing data, and formatting numbers and cells. Introduction to Excel Formulas and Functions closes with absolute versus relative referencing, named ranges, formula basics and the SUM and AVERAGE functions.

Alison rates the course Beginner Level, lists an average duration of 4 to 5 hours and marks it CPD-accredited; it is available in English and Spanish and is self-paced. Everything can be studied for free. The optional Alison Certificate at the end is paid, in digital or printed form; if you do not buy it you can still download a free Learner Record as proof of completion. It sits between Alison's older Excel 2010 course, which has a free certificate, and the newer Excel skills diplomas.