Excel for Beginners
Build confidence in Excel from the ground up. Participants learn to navigate Excel, enter, clean and format data, write formulas and functions including lookups, and visualise data with charts, PivotTables and What-If Analysis.
At a glance
- 3 days
Who it's for
- Absolute beginners
- Students & graduates
- Admin, sales, finance & HR staff
- Small business owners
Learning objectives
- Navigate Excel confidently
- Manage, clean and format data
- Calculate with formulas and functions
- Use logical functions and lookups
- Visualise data with charts, PivotTables and PivotCharts
- Use What-If Analysis and forecasting
Detailed content
- What is Excel; the interface
- Managing & formatting data
- Aggregate & arithmetic operations
- Visualising data
- Data preparation
- Text & date functions
- Logical functions
- Lookups & PivotTables
- Data visualisation in depth
- PivotCharts
- Introduction to data analysis
- Advanced logical functions
- What-If Analysis
- Forecasting
Day-by-day agenda
A typical schedule. In-company versions are tailored to your processes, data and timing.
- Getting Started
- Working with Data
- Analysis & Visualisation
- Case study, action plans and course assessment
Practice, tools and assessment
Hands-on practice
- Hands-on lab on your laptop with a real business data set
- Build a complete dashboard from raw data to one-page report
- Data-cleaning challenge (Power Query / pandas)
- Case studies from Egyptian and Gulf organizations
Tools and templates you keep
- Practice files and solution workbooks
- Formula, DAX and shortcut cheat sheets
- Dashboard design checklist
- Course workbook and slide handouts
How learning is assessed
- Pre- and post-course knowledge check
- Assessment of practical exercises by the trainer
- Action plan reviewed at the end of the course
Built on these standards and bodies of knowledge
- Microsoft PL-300 skills outline (Power BI)
- CRISP-DM data-analysis process
How it is delivered
- Public courses in Cairo, in-company programs and live online training
- Practical exercises, case studies and examples from your sector
- Can also run as Train & Stay in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada or Cairo
Part of these career paths
- Data Analytics & Digital Tools · Foundation
Frequently asked questions
How long is Excel for Beginners?
The program runs 3 days. In-company versions can be adapted to your needs.
Is the course taught in Arabic or English?
Sessions are usually delivered in Arabic with English technical terms and materials. Full English delivery is available for in-company groups.
Can you run it inside our company?
Yes. In-company programs use exercises built on your own processes. Tell us the group size and preferred timing and we will send a proposal.
Will I receive a certificate?
Participants who complete the program and its assessment receive a certificate from The Excellence Center, which can be verified online.
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