Excel Training (2 Viewers)

[enoilgam]

seremify,ozko, enoil and others - if you were in my position, would you learn excel for free from this http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/excel2007/Excel2007.html ? or would you learn it from a udemy course such as this https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-microsoft-excel-training-bundle/ where there is a cost of at least $100 ?

keep in mind, udemy courses (most of them, such as the one linked above) have video lectures and quizs at the end, with a certificate of completion. whereas the free one linked before takes you through it in a conventional manual-style format, with only downloads to follow along with it provided. no interactivity per se.

opinions would be greatly appreciated....

To be honest, contrary to what I said before, I'd probably do the free course. I learned it in uni, but the course was pretty basic and the rest I learned on the job. All you need is a decent foundation and the rest you should be able to pick up when you need to.

 

[OzKo]

I reckon going for the advanced courses would be the best imo.

Learning day-to-day excel is very simple but getting a good idea of the advanced features (+VB) would be super handy.

 

[obliviousninja]

Offffft conflicting perspectives

 

[mreditor16]

I reckon going for the advanced courses would be the best imo.

Learning day-to-day excel is very simple but getting a good idea of the advanced features (+VB) would be super handy.

It should be noted that both the free one and the one with the cost pretty much cover the same content.

 

[enoilgam]

Offffft conflicting perspectives

Overall, it depends on what you need out of it. For me, I dont really need to do advanced calculations or to use Macro's/VB. I just need to use it to summarise non-numerical data for the purpose of creating reports (which would be considered "advanced" level skills for a HR person). In contrast, someone who works in accounting, finance or statistics would need far more advanced training in order to deal with complex numerical data.

 

[OzKo]

It's an amazing feeling when you learn a few extra features in Excel and then you realise how powerful the program really is.

I've been using a lot of 'IF' and 'VLOOKUP' functions lately and now I've figured out how to make data input and output really simple for my non-Excel folk.