Excel Tutorials

Excel Tutorial 1 - Overview
Excel Tutorial 2 - Formulas

Microsoft Excel Overview

Microsoft Excel is an application that enables users to create and manage spreadsheets and is included in the Microsoft Office suite.


A file in Excel is called a spreadsheet and it can contain one or more workbooks.


A workbook contains columns and rows comprised of cells.

Cells can contain numbers, letters, dates, images and formulas.


A workbook can also contain various charts based off the cells in it or cells in other workbooks.


Many organizations and people use Excel for business intelligence reporting.

Excel cells and charts can also be embedded in SharePoint dashboards that are a part of the business intelligence component of SharePoint (MOSS).