Free Excel Course Online

CostFREE
Duration24 hours
LevelLevel 2
DeliveryOnline
StartFlexible
Awarding bodyMultiple awarding bodies

About this course

Free Spreadsheet Software Course. Study online at your own pace, fitting learning around your work and other commitments. The course takes around 24 hours to complete. You'll build practical skills in creating and formatting spreadsheets, writing formulas, sorting and filtering data, and producing charts. These are skills employers look for across almost every sector. A free spreadsheet software course for adults who want to work more confidently with data, this level 2 spreadsheet software qualification is a solid step toward stronger digital skills at work.

Who this course is for

Lesson One: Identifying the elements of the opening screen, entering addition formulas, adjusting column widths, using the SUM function, using the AutoSum feature. Lesson Two: Applying bold, italic and underline formats, changing font, selecting and formatting cells ranges , applying number formats, using AutoFill, entering formulas. Lesson Three: Inserting and deleting rows and columns, hiding and unhiding rows and columns, wrapping and indenting text, applying a fill colour, applying borders. Lesson Four: Using AutoComplete, changing text orientation, selecting non-adjacent data, freezing and unfreezing panes horizontally and vertically, using Zoom. Lesson Five: Using styles to format a worksheet, creating a custom cell style, using themes to format a workbook, creating and saving a custom theme, page orientation, adjusting margins and scaling, print preview and print a worksheet, printing gridlines and row and column headings, setting and clearing a print area, using COUNT, AVERAGE, MAX and MIN functions. Lesson Six: Inserting and formatting headers and footers, inserting header and footer codes including date, page number and file name, copying and pasting data between worksheets, grouping and formatting multiple worksheets. Lesson Seven: Creating more complex formulas, making a cell reference absolute, displaying all formulas, customising and viewing calculations, using the NOW, TODAY and IF functions. Lesson Eight: Displaying a hidden worksheet, using the PMT and FV functions, recognising errors, using the IFERROR function. Lesson Nine: Column, line and pie charts, chart elements, adding and removing a data table, switching chart rows/columns, changing chart layout options, selecting and formatting chart elements , inserting sparklines, inserting moving, resizing and rotating pictures. Lesson Ten: Using Spell check, using Filter, finding and replacing text and formats, saving a workbook as a web page, hyperlinks. You can choose a software version.

What you will learn

  • You'll create and navigate workbooks, entering and organising data clearly.
  • You'll write formulas including SUM, AutoSum, IF statements, and lookup functions.
  • You'll format cells, apply number formats, and adjust column widths and row heights.
  • You'll insert, delete, hide, and unhide rows and columns to manage data layouts.
  • You'll sort and filter data to find and present information quickly.
  • You'll build charts and sparklines to visualise data for reports and presentations.
  • You'll use PivotTables to summarise and analyse larger datasets.

How you will learn

You study online, working through structured lessons at your own pace. Each lesson covers a specific set of spreadsheet skills, building on what came before. You complete practical exercises as you go, applying techniques directly in a spreadsheet environment. Assessment is based on your work through the course. Pitman Training Wetherby will confirm the exact assessment format when you enrol.

What you will need to bring

You'll need access to a computer with Microsoft Excel installed. Pitman Training Wetherby will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Data entry clerk: accurate, fast data input using spreadsheets
  • Administrator: managing records, budgets, and reports in Excel
  • Accounts assistant: tracking figures and producing financial summaries
  • Office coordinator: organising schedules and data across teams
  • Sales administrator: maintaining sales data and producing performance reports
  • Stock controller: tracking inventory and analysing stock levels

What you could study next

  • Level 3 Spreadsheet Software: deepen your skills with more advanced data analysis and automation.
  • Level 2 or 3 IT User Skills (ITQ): a broader digital qualification covering multiple software applications, useful if you want to show wider IT competence to employers.
  • Microsoft Excel specialist training: vendor-recognised training that signals Excel proficiency to employers in data-heavy roles.