How to Learn Excel for Free on the Computer

1. Click 'Start,' click 'All Programs,' click 'Microsoft Office' and then click 'Microsoft Office Excel 2007' to display its Book1 - Microsoft Excel window.
2. Click the blue question mark — Microsoft Office Excel Help — button to display the Excel Help window. Scroll to 'Training' and then click on it to display a list of Training Topics. Click on 'Excel 2007 training courses' to display its window, which is subtitled: A roadmap to Excel 2007 training. Click on the title of any course listed here to display its website, read its title page, click 'Start this course' to display page 2, and then click 'Back' and 'Next' to navigate through its web pages. Most of these courses include practice exercises and self-evaluation tests. When you have finished a course, simply close your browser to redisplay the Excel 2007 training courses window in help.
3. Scroll to '1. GET FAMILIAR WITH EXCEL,' click 'UP TO SPEED WITH EXCEL 2007' to display its web page and then work through the course as described in step 2. Click 'Get to know Excel 2007: Create your first workbook' and then work through its course. Click 'Get to know Excel 2007: Enter formulas' and then work through its course. Click 'Learn how to figure out dates using formulas in Excel 2007' and then work through its course. Completing these four courses should help learn how to use the basic features of Excel 2007.
4. As needed, you can continue with the other courses in: 2. CREATE CHARTS IN EXCEL, 3. CREATE PIVOTTABLE REPORTS, 4. SHARE DATA WITH OTHER PEOPLE, and 5. LEARN GENERAL OFFICE SKILLS.