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Professional Excel courses for Alfreton and the Amber Valley in 2024.

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Microsoft Excel courses small group training

FourSquare Training deliver professional Excel training in Alfreton. We offer a range of Excel training options including interactive live virtual courses and small-group on-site training delivered at your premises for small groups throughout Alfreton, Kirby-in-Ashfield and surrounding areas of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for beginners, intermediate and advanced users of the software. With our closed, private Excel training packages you can choose dates that best suit your learners and because these courses are delivered exclusively for you we can cater to your particular training requirements and objectives thereby giving you step-by-step learning outcomes that are more relevant to your business needs and your productivity objectives.

With our in-house Microsoft Excel training courses you will become confident and proficient using Excel whether you are starting out learning the basics such as simple formulas, conditional formatting and sorting and filtering your data or you are ready to get stuck into working with more complex data with advanced techniques for pivot tables and charts, arrays, LookUps and data validation. And, you can also opt for Excel courses that focus upon specialist subjects such as VBA for Excel or Power Query for Excel.

Our expert Microsoft Excel trainers can focus upon whichever .xls spreadsheet subjects you need the most, from functions and formulas to Vlookups and pivot charts and so forth, at the level you require and on the version of Excel that you use, whether it is one of the older Excel versions or the latest update of Excel 365. Many of our Excel courses can also be adapted for Google Sheets training (just Sheets to its friends).

And, whether you choose to learn Excel on-site or Online, we bring the skills you need right to your doorstep wherever you are.


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Make your data work for you with Microsoft Excel



Expert Trainers

Our Excel Trainers are:

Specialist educators with a wealth of experience and expertise, proven track records and excellent feedback.

Tailored Courses

Our Closed Excel Courses are:

Flexible instructor-led courses catering to YOUR specific learning needs and training requirements.

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Over 18,000 students trained across almost every industry, sector and background.


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Excel Learning Needs Evaluation

If you are unsure which level of Excel course your staff need then you can encourage them to take our Excel training needs analysis quizzes to help identify their requirements using the links below:


Excel Learning Needs Assessment: Beginners or Intermediate? TNA


Excel Learning Needs Assessment: Intermediate or Advanced? TNA




On-site Microsoft Excel Courses Alfreton

In-house closed courses for Microsoft Excel are available for small-group training at your premises in Alfreton (DE55), and surrounding areas of the Amber Valley and east Derbyshire. These in-person courses offer more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your particular learning needs.

Excel is one of the most powerful and useful of the traditional Microsoft Office applications, but also often the one with which people can struggle the most, and that they find the most frustrating to work with. In fact, having team members and colleagues that are confident and proficient with Microsoft's Excel software can not only increase productivity and efficiency in the workplace, it can even be good for morale and self-confidence and contribute towards a more positive employee experience.

What are the benefits of on-site instructor-led Excel training? At FourSquare Training our expert trainers understand that helping their students to work more effectively and efficiently with Excel is not just a business-oriented goal, it is also empowering for the individual students themselves. As such, our trainers are not just educators, they also champions of the software who endeavour to promote enthusiastic adoption of Excel among those they teach. Before the start date they will discuss with you the goals and objectives of the training and those skill-sets that your team need the most whether they are starting as novice, intermediate or advanced users.

Our FourSquare expert trainers all have many years of experience training Microsoft Excel subjects in their specialist fields on a daily basis. The qualifications they hold include MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) and some are even Microsoft Partners in their own right. All of our regional trainers pride themselves on delivering a superior learning experience every time.


Live Virtual Classroom Microsoft Excel Courses

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you "in-house" in Alfreton these small-group Microsoft Excel courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These Online instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

What are the benefits of live virtual Excel learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local Excel training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning Microsoft Excel courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

Our realtime virtual classroom Microsoft Excel courses are charged out at £550.00 plus VAT per day inclusive up to 5 delegates. Further learners can be added up to a maximum of 10 charged out at £50.00 plus VAT per person per day. Courseware will be provided electronically.

You can find out how to set up a Webex account for a virtual learning MS Excel training course here (Webex for Virtual Learning). If you are using Microsoft Teams, you can find the information that you need here (MS Teams for Virtual Learning).

If you have a group, or groups, of staff that need Microsoft Excel training, then having courses run at your own workplace in Alfreton (either face-to-face or as live virtual classroom) is one of the most cost-effective options. Tell us about your learning needs and email us for a quote.



Flexible Excel Courses

What is the best way to improve our Excel skills?

Our Microsoft Excel trainers understand that when it comes to using .xls spreadsheets and managing Excel data, we don't all have exactly the same needs and priorities. That's why on our closed courses your trainer always speaks to you before the course to discuss your learning requirements so that we can make your learning more relevant to you, and to the key professional development needs of your team.

Whilst this might not involve a great deal of slippage on a beginners course (especially since you will want your learners to gain core foundational knowledge), by the time you get to intermediate and advanced levels, there are a wide range of subjects upon which it is possible to focus. So, by concentrating upon your particular needs at these levels we can make our courses, seminars and workshops more relevant to you and more cost-effective.

Plus, where your learners have partial knowledge at a particular level, we can offer blended Excel courses such as beginners to intermediate or intermediate to advanced (e.g. a Level 1/2 Excel class, or a Level 2/3 one).

Taking this tailored approach to your learning can significantly reduce the time needed by putting your needs at the heart of the learning experience thereby giving you positive learning outcomes and great value for money.


Commercial and Corporate Excel Courses for the Public and Private Sectors

How Many People Should Attend Our Private Excel Courses?

Whilst the number of people who attend our private Excel courses is essentially up to you and dependant upon the number of learners you have who need to receive the training (up to our ten delegate per course maximum), we encourage all of our clients to keep your class sizes small where possible. This provides a more personable and effective learning experience for you and allows the trainer to give more individual attention to each and every student.

What is the Teaching Method for Our Excel Courses?

The teaching method for our private Excel courses is Instructor-led training (ILT), which means that our courses are engaging, immersive, hands-on and interactive, and thereby facilitate more effective learning and information retention. With this participatory, hands-on learning method your staff will retain information better, whether they are studying Excel in-person or via live virtual classroom. And, whilst we are happy to provide lectures, demonstrations and show-and-tells for larger groups (plus drop-in surgeries for ad hoc technical advise and explanation), the instructor-led training approach is by far the most reliable, tried-and-tested teaching methodology to bring your Excel know-how to life in a small-class-size setting.



More About the Excel Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses for Businesses



Microsoft Excel Training Certification

For our closed, private Microsoft Excel course certificates are available on request to support your staff's personal and professional development.



Microsoft Excel Tips

Excel tables shortcut

Tip 1: Excel Tables Shortcut

Accelerate your data management in Microsoft Excel with shortcut keys. You can quickly create a table from selected cells using CTRL + T to open the Create Table Dialog.

Excel Charts shortcut

Tip 2: Excel Charts Shortcut

To quickly create a chart from selected cells in Excel, you can use the shortcut keys ALT + F1. This creates a chart in the same worksheet and the default chart type is a bar chart. To change the chart type, Right Click on the chart and go to 'change chart type'.

Excel Fill Colour shortcut

Tip 3: Excel Fill Colour Shortcut

To quickly apply a Fill Colour to selected cells in Microsoft Excel, use the shortcut key ALT + HH.

You can use our free Concise Guide to Excel Shortcut Keys to help you master rapid data manipulation techniques in Microsoft Excel.

Learn more...



Available Excel Training Courses in Alfreton

What Microsoft Excel courses can you choose from?

Excel Beginners
- One day course
Excel Intermediate
- One to two day course
Excel Advanced
- One to two day course
Excel VBA
- One to two day course
Excel Beginners/Intermediate
- customised course
Excel Intermediate/Advanced
- customised course
Excel Formulas and Functions
- customised course
Excel Dashboards
- customised course
Excel Power Query with Power Pivot
- combining Power Query, Pivot Tables and Power Pivot into a 'deep dive' data analysis course
Excel Masterclass
- a three-day intensive event combining our Excel beginners, intermediate and advanced courses


Where can I learn Excel for Free?

We have provided a range of free Excel lessons which you can use as study guides to help you learn Excel by yourself:

The Concise Guide to Time Saving Excel Shortcuts
- comes with audio listen and repeat files to help you remember
17 Excel Functions for Absolute Beginners
- get started with all of these Excel functions in just 15 minutes
Super Easy Introduction to Excel's VLOOKUP and IFERROR functions
- Includes videos to walk you through your first VLOOKUP
How do I translate Excel Functions into other Languages?
- Useful for those working with Excel in multilingual settings
Super Easy Introduction to Excel Sunburst Charts Tutorial
- Includes videos to walk you through creating your first sunburst chart
DateDif() the Hidden Excel Function that You Should Know About
- A really useful Excel Function that's easy to learn
The Excel CONVERT Function Conversion Toolkit
- Everything you need to get started using Excel's CONVERT function to perform conversions between units of weight and measurement
Excel XLOOKUP Function Tutorial (with Pirates)
- Work all the way through the features of XLOOKUP with fun examples


Popular Microsoft Office Courses in Alfreton

Which other Microsoft Office courses are available?

Microsoft 365 Courses
Microsoft 365 Master Class

Microsoft 365 User

Microsoft 365 Overview

Office Online for Small Business Users

Office 365 Advanced User

Office 365 Power User

Microsoft Teams Configure and Manage

Microsoft Teams End User

MS Access Courses
Beginners | Intermediate | Advanced
Excel Courses
Beginners | Intermediate | Advanced | Masterclass | VBA for Excel | Excel Power Query
PowerPoint Courses
Beginners | Advanced | PPT Specialist Designer
Word Courses
Beginners | Intermediate | Advanced
Outlook Courses
Beginners | Intermediate | Advanced
MS Project Courses
Beginners | Intermediate | Advanced


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