Microsoft Excel Course

Master data handling and analysis with the Microsoft Excel Course by BGMC in the United Kingdom. Learn powerful formulas, functions, and visualisation techniques to organise information efficiently, automate complex tasks, and make confident, data-driven business decisions.

Microsoft Excel Course Overview

Microsoft Excel Training Outline

Module 1: Navigation of the Excel Interface

Understanding the Excel Start Screen
Learn how to begin your Excel journey by exploring the Start Screen, where you can create new workbooks, open recent files, and select from ready-made templates that simplify everyday tasks like budgeting and reporting.
Excel Tab Interface
Understand how Excel’s tab-based structure organises commands into categories such as Home, Insert, Page Layout, and Data. This section helps learners quickly locate tools needed for formatting, formulas, and data management.
Introduction to Microsoft Excel
Get an overview of Excel’s purpose and uses in business and personal productivity. Understand how Excel serves as a powerful data-handling, analytical, and automation tool across industries.
Excel Workbook Screen
Familiarise yourself with the workbook layout — including rows, columns, cells, and worksheets. Learn how to navigate between sheets and manage multiple data sets within a single workbook.
Ribbon
Discover how the Ribbon groups related commands under tabs for easy access. Learners will understand how to use and customise it to streamline their daily Excel operations.
Name Box
Explore the Name Box and learn how it helps you navigate directly to specific cells or define named ranges, which makes formula creation faster and more accurate.
Formula Bar
Understand the purpose of the Formula Bar, which displays and allows editing of cell contents, including formulas and functions.
Worksheet Tab
Learn how to manage worksheets within a workbook by renaming, inserting, deleting, and reorganising them for better data management.
Understanding the Backstage View
Explore the Backstage View — Excel’s control center for file-related operations such as saving, printing, exporting, and sharing your workbooks securely.
Accessing the Backstage View
Gain hands-on experience in accessing the Backstage View and switching seamlessly back to the main Excel workspace.
Understanding Dialog Boxes
Learn about dialog boxes that appear for advanced command settings. Understand how to input data or adjust preferences when performing specific tasks.
Launching Dialog Boxes
Discover how to open detailed command options using dialog box launchers to gain more control over formatting, functions, and data tools.
Understanding Quick Access Toolbar
Get familiar with the Quick Access Toolbar, which provides easy access to frequently used commands like Save, Undo, and Redo. Learn how to customise it for efficiency.
Changing the Location of the Bar
Learn how to reposition the Quick Access Toolbar above or below the Ribbon to suit your working style and improve visibility.
Understanding the Status Bar
Understand how the Status Bar displays key information such as sum, count, and average of selected cells. Learn how to customise it to show metrics relevant to your work.

Module 2: Use of Lists and Tables

Understanding Lists
Gain an understanding of how data lists work in Excel. Learn to structure data in rows and columns for easier management, analysis, and reporting. Understand the importance of consistent formatting and headings to maintain clean, usable data.
Applying a Filter
Discover how to apply filters to quickly display only the information you need. Learn to use Excel’s AutoFilter and advanced filter options to isolate specific records based on set conditions.
Clearing a Filter
Understand how to remove filters to view your complete data set again. This section ensures learners can switch easily between focused and full data views during analysis.
Performing an Alphabetical Sort
Learn to arrange text-based data alphabetically, either A–Z or Z–A. Sorting helps you organise lists such as employee names, product categories, or customer data efficiently.
Performing a Numerical Sort
Understand how to sort numeric data in ascending or descending order. This feature is ideal for ranking values such as sales figures, scores, or performance metrics.
Creating a Table
Learn to convert a simple range of data into a fully functional Excel table. Discover how tables make data easier to manage, filter, format, and analyse dynamically.
Inserting or Deleting Table Records
Gain practical skills in adding or removing rows and columns from tables while maintaining formatting and structure automatically.
Removing Duplicates
Learn how to identify and remove duplicate entries within your data to maintain accuracy and reliability in reports and dashboards.
Modifying a Table
Understand how to edit and update table content, structure, and formatting to meet changing business needs. This includes adding columns, changing headers, and applying table styles.
Sorting Data in a Table
Master sorting tools within tables to organise and rank data based on multiple criteria — helping you analyse trends and priorities more effectively.
Naming Tables
Learn how to assign meaningful names to your tables for easier reference when working with formulas, charts, and large datasets.
Resizing Tables
Discover how to expand or shrink your tables while keeping all data, formatting, and formulas intact.
Converting a Table to a Range
Understand how to change a table back into a normal data range when a structured table is no longer needed, retaining only the raw data and formatting.
Deleting a Table
Learn the correct way to remove a table from your workbook without disrupting surrounding data or formulas.

Module 3: Conditional Formatting

Understanding Conditional Formatting
Gain a clear understanding of how Conditional Formatting works and why it is a powerful tool for data visualisation. Learn how to automatically format cells based on specific conditions or rules, making it easier to identify key insights at a glance.
Highlighting Cells Containing Values
Learn how to automatically highlight cells that meet certain numeric conditions—such as values greater than, less than, or equal to a target number—to focus attention on critical data points.
Highlighting Cells Containing Text
Discover how to apply formatting to text-based data. Learners will practise highlighting specific words, names, or categories, helping make reports clearer and easier to interpret.
Highlighting Duplicate Values
Understand how to identify and highlight duplicate entries across datasets. This feature helps ensure data accuracy and integrity by making duplicates instantly visible.
Using Top and Bottom Rules
Learn how to highlight the highest and lowest values within a range. Participants will see how to emphasise top-performing results or flag the lowest figures in financial and performance reports.
Using Data Bars
Discover how to apply Data Bars that visually represent values inside cells. Data Bars make it easy to compare magnitudes and trends directly within your worksheet.
Using Color Scales
Understand how Color Scales help visualise data distribution. Learners will use gradient colours to represent high, medium, and low values—ideal for identifying trends or outliers.
Using Icon Sets
Learn to use Icon Sets to add small graphic indicators (like arrows or traffic lights) that visually summarise performance levels and categories within data tables.
Creating Custom Rules
Explore how to design your own conditional formatting rules tailored to specific business needs—such as highlighting overdue tasks, out-of-range figures, or milestone achievements.
Conditional Formatting Rules Manager
Get hands-on experience with the Rules Manager to edit, prioritise, and manage multiple formatting rules within the same dataset efficiently.
Clearing Rules
Learn how to remove conditional formatting rules when they are no longer needed, ensuring your workbook remains clean and easy to manage.

Module 4: Using Formulas and Creating Pivot Tables

This module helps learners unlock Excel’s analytical power by mastering formulas, functions, and Pivot Tables. Participants will learn how to perform quick calculations, summarise data effectively, and visualise key trends using dynamic and automated tools.

Using Sparklines
Learn how to create small, cell-sized charts called Sparklines to show data trends over time. These mini visualisations help you display performance patterns directly beside the data they represent.
Using Formulas in Excel
Understand the basics of writing and applying formulas in Excel. Learn how to use cell references, mathematical operators, and parentheses to perform accurate and efficient calculations.
Exploring Excel Functions
Explore Excel’s built-in library of functions used for everyday business tasks—such as financial analysis, text manipulation, and data validation. Learners will discover how functions simplify complex calculations.
Insert Function Button
Gain hands-on experience with the Insert Function tool, which helps you find, understand, and apply any function in Excel with guided assistance.
Working with Names and Ranges
Learn how to name specific cells or ranges to make formulas easier to read and manage. This section helps you improve accuracy and consistency in data calculations.
AVERAGE Function
Understand how to calculate the average of a range of numbers. This function helps summarise data quickly for reporting and performance analysis.
COUNT Function
Learn how to use the COUNT function to determine how many cells contain numeric data within a range—useful for tracking quantities and completeness of data entries.
Common Logical Functions
Explore logical functions such as AND, OR, and NOT. Understand how these functions help automate decision-making in spreadsheets by returning results based on logical conditions.
Using Formulas in Excel
Build upon earlier learning by applying multiple formulas together to solve complex business scenarios. Learn how to combine text, numbers, and logical statements effectively.
IF Formulas
Master the IF function to create conditional logic within your data—allowing Excel to make automatic decisions such as “Pass/Fail” or “Yes/No” based on specific criteria.
IFS Formulas
Understand the IFS function, an advanced version of IF, that allows testing of multiple conditions at once. This tool simplifies long formulas and enhances accuracy in large datasets.

Module 5: Visualising Your Data

This module enables learners to transform raw data into meaningful visuals and interactive summaries. Participants will gain practical skills in creating charts, PivotTables, and dynamic lookup functions to make data interpretation simple, accurate, and visually engaging.

Creating and Formatting Charts
Learn how to design professional charts—including column, bar, line, and pie charts—to visually represent trends and comparisons. Understand how to format chart elements such as titles, legends, and axes for a polished and professional look.
Create a PivotTable from an Excel Data List
Gain hands-on experience building PivotTables to summarise and analyse large data sets quickly. Learn how to drag and drop fields to create instant summaries and explore data from different perspectives.
Refresh Data / Change Data Source
Understand how to refresh your PivotTables or update data sources when your original dataset changes. This ensures that your analysis always reflects the most current information.
Changing the Pivot Table Design
Learn to customise the appearance and layout of PivotTables using design options. Participants will adjust styles, formats, and totals to enhance clarity and presentation.
Creating and Modifying a Pivot Chart
Discover how to visualise PivotTable data using Pivot Charts. Learn to modify chart layouts dynamically as the underlying PivotTable data changes.
VLOOKUP
Master the VLOOKUP function to search for and retrieve information from specific columns in large datasets. Understand how to apply it effectively for quick data referencing.
HLOOKUP
Explore the HLOOKUP function, which performs horizontal lookups across rows. Learn when and how to use it for data arranged in horizontal formats.
XLOOKUP
Learn the modern, flexible XLOOKUP function that replaces both VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP. Understand how it simplifies searching for values in any direction across a dataset.
Creating and Managing Drop-down Lists
Discover how to create data validation lists that allow users to select predefined options. This helps maintain data accuracy and consistency across large spreadsheets.
Undo, Redo, and Repeat with Keystrokes
Learn essential keyboard shortcuts to quickly undo, redo, or repeat previous actions. These time-saving commands enhance productivity and make workflow smoother.

Module 6: Paste Special Techniques

Basic Use Cases for Paste Special
Learn the fundamental applications of Paste Special, including copying only specific elements such as values, formats, formulas, or comments. Understand how this tool helps streamline data transfer between worksheets while maintaining consistency and accuracy.
Transposing Data Using Paste Special
Discover how to switch data orientation from rows to columns (and vice versa) using the Transpose function. This technique is especially useful when reorganising datasets or adjusting report layouts for better readability.
Applying Paste Special Operations to Improve Data Accuracy
Explore advanced Paste Special operations such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing values without writing formulas. Learn how these tools can quickly update data calculations while minimising manual errors.

Who Should Attend this Microsoft Excel Course?

The Microsoft Excel Course by BGMC is designed for individuals at all skill levels who want to strengthen their data handling, analysis, and visualisation capabilities. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your advanced Excel skills, this course helps you work smarter, faster, and more confidently.

This training is ideal for:

Beginners seeking a solid foundation in Excel fundamentals.
Intermediate Users looking to enhance efficiency and automate tasks.
Advanced Users who wish to explore analytical and business-driven Excel tools.
Business Professionals managing data-driven reports or decision-making dashboards.
Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners who need to track financials, sales, and performance data.
Data Analysts requiring advanced formulas, PivotTables, and charting techniques.
Administrative Professionals managing large spreadsheets, lists, and databases.
Project Managers overseeing reports, progress charts, and budget tracking in Excel.

Prerequisites for the Microsoft Excel Course

There are no formal prerequisites for this Microsoft Excel Course.
Anyone with a basic understanding of computer operations can enrol. The course begins with foundational concepts and gradually advances to professional-level tools, ensuring a smooth learning experience for every participant.

Microsoft Excel Course Overview

Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful and versatile tools used across industries for data analysis, financial modelling, and information management. Its capabilities extend from simple spreadsheet calculations to advanced data analytics and automation — making it an essential skill for professionals seeking to enhance productivity, accuracy, and business insight.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is vital for professionals who work with data, reports, or analytical processes on a daily basis. This includes Accountants, Financial Analysts, Data Analysts, Project Managers, Administrative Officers, and Business Professionals. Mastering Excel not only streamlines workflows but also empowers users to make informed, data-driven decisions that contribute to organisational success.

The BGMC Microsoft Excel Course is designed to transform learners from everyday users into confident Excel specialists. Through a blend of real-world examples, practical exercises, and guided instruction, participants will gain hands-on experience in formulas, functions, data visualisation, and automation. By the end of the course, learners will be proficient in using Excel’s advanced features to manage complex data, create impactful reports, and improve overall efficiency.

Microsoft Excel Course Objectives

To introduce the full range of Microsoft Excel’s capabilities — from basic operations to advanced data analysis tools.
To develop proficiency in applying formulas, functions, and automation features to streamline data management.
To enhance learners’ ability to perform insightful data analysis and create professional visual reports.
To teach efficient techniques for sorting, filtering, and using conditional formatting to maintain accuracy and clarity.
To explore the use of PivotTables and PivotCharts for powerful data summarisation and business intelligence.

After completing this course, delegates will receive a BGMC Microsoft Excel Certificate, validating their professional proficiency. This certification strengthens career prospects, enhances analytical competence, and opens opportunities for advancement in data-driven and managerial roles.

What’s Included in this Microsoft Excel Course

When you enrol in the Microsoft Excel Course by BGMC, you gain access to a complete learning experience designed to build confidence, practical skills, and professional excellence in Excel.

This course includes:

Interactive Training Sessions led by Experienced Instructors
Learn directly from industry professionals who bring real-world insights and hands-on examples to every session.
Microsoft Excel Certification
Receive a BGMC-recognised certificate upon successful completion, validating your proficiency and boosting your professional credentials.
Comprehensive Digital Delegate Pack
Access course materials, practical exercises, and downloadable resources to continue practising even after the course ends.

You’ll also receive access to the BGMC Online Learning Portal, your central hub for course resources, updates, and continued learning support.

Ways to take Microsoft Excel Course

Experience engaging, interactive learning from the comfort of your home with BGMC’s Online Instructor-Led Microsoft Excel Course. Connect directly with expert trainers in real time, following a structured schedule that mirrors the classroom experience. Each session combines live demonstrations, hands-on exercises, and guided discussions to ensure a deep understanding of Excel’s tools and techniques.

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Experience BGMC’s Microsoft Excel Course in an interactive, instructor-led classroom environment at our advanced training centres across the United Kingdom. Our in-person sessions provide a focused, collaborative learning atmosphere where participants can engage directly with trainers and peers.

Led by certified BGMC instructors, each classroom session blends hands-on exercises with guided instruction, enabling learners to master Excel tools efficiently. Enjoy a professional learning experience with personalised support, practical demonstrations, and real-world case examples — all conducted in state-of-the-art training facilities designed to inspire growth and excellence.

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Our certified BGMC instructors tailor each session to align with your company’s workflow, data needs, and learning goals. Empower your employees to enhance efficiency, data accuracy, and analytical skills — all without leaving the office environment.

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Microsoft Excel Course – Frequently Asked Questions

What is Microsoft Excel?

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application designed by Microsoft. It features calculation, pivot tables, graphing tools, Visual Basic for Applications, a macro programming language. Excel is used for data analysis, financial modelling, and reporting tasks.

Are there any prerequisites for taking this Microsoft Excel Course?

There are no formal prerequisites for this Microsoft Excel Course.

What are the benefits of taking this Microsoft Excel Training?

Taking this Microsoft Excel Training equips you with advanced data analysis skills, improves your efficiency in handling complex spreadsheets, and enhances your ability to make informed business decisions. It also increases your employability and opens up career advancement opportunities.

What is the scope of Microsoft Excel Certification?

The scope of Microsoft Excel Certification is extensive, covering essential to advanced spreadsheet skills. It equips professionals to handle complex data analysis, financial modelling, and automation tasks, making them valuable assets in roles across finance, administration, and project management.

What is included in this Microsoft Excel Course?

In this training course, delegates will have intensive training with our experienced instructors, a digital delegate pack consisting of important notes related to this course, and a certificate after course completion.

What is the duration of this Microsoft Excel Training Course?

This course takes 1-day to complete during which delegates participate in intensive learning sessions that cover various course topics.

Who should attend this Microsoft Excel Certification Course?

This Microsoft Excel Certification Course is ideal for professionals seeking to enhance their data management, analysis, and reporting skills. It’s particularly beneficial for Analysts, Managers, and Administrative Staff who regularly work with spreadsheets and require advanced Excel knowledge.

What will I learn in this Microsoft Excel Course?

In this Microsoft Excel Course, delegates will learn essential skills such as making and formatting spreadsheets, using formulas and functions, analysing data with charts and pivot tables, and automating tasks with macros.