Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software that has been around for decades. To learn Excel, start slowly, play around with the basics, and seek out online tutorials.

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions.

Placing spreadsheet data into a table quickly formats it and makes it easy to work with and analyze. Here’s how to use this basic yet powerful Excel tool.

There are Excel video tutorials available on sites such as YouTube and Vimeo as well as the official Excel video tutorials available from the Microsoft Office Excel website.

Excel Spreadsheets: Navigation, shortcut keys, data sort and filter, formulas and functions We start with the basics for navigating, entering, and calculating data.

This series of Excel tutorials can make that training much simpler. A formula is a recipe that lets you make calculations in Excel based on any number of factors.