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Lookup Functions and Logical Functions: Excel for Beginners

Lookup Functions and Logical Functions: Excel for Beginners

A beginner's guide to Excel spreadsheets, formulas, and fundamental data analysis.
Created bySimon Sez IT
Last updated 3/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Efficiently use VLOOKUP to retrieve information from Excel datasets.
  • Execute VLOOKUP with an approximate match for flexible data retrieval.
  • Effectively use error-handling functions to manage and troubleshoot data issues.
  • Apply IF, AND, and OR functions for logical analysis and decision-making.

Course content

1 section13 lectures1h 18m total length
  • Course Introduction1:55
  • WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience2:11
  • DOWNLOAD ME: Course Files0:23
  • DOWNLOAD ME: Exercise Files0:23
  • Looking up Information with VLOOKUP10:00
  • VLOOKUP Approximate Match5:08
  • Error Handling Functions7:10
  • Basic Logical Functions (IF, AND, OR)12:23
  • Making Decisions with IF Statements4:33
  • Cleaning Data Using Text Functions12:09
  • Working with Time and Date Functions11:12
  • Exercise10:14
  • Course Close1:06
  • Course Quiz

Requirements

  • Basic Excel knowledge – Familiarity with basic Excel functions like entering data and simple formulas.
  • Willingness to practice – Practicing the formulas and functions will help reinforce your skills.
  • Microsoft Excel installed – You need Excel to follow along with the course.
  • No prior advanced formula experience required – This course is suitable for beginners with a basic understanding of Excel.

Description

**This course includes downloadable course instructor files and exercise files to work with and follow along.**


Welcome to the Microsoft Excel Beginner course. This short course introduces intermediate formulas for new users of Excel. You will learn how to use the VLOOKUP function to look up and retrieve data from large tables. The course also covers handling errors using the IFERROR and IFNA functions, ensuring your formulas work smoothly even when data is missing or incorrect.


Each lesson includes video tutorials and downloadable exercises, ensuring hands-on practice for comprehensive learning.


Whether you are taking your first steps into spreadsheet management or seeking to solidify your beginner-level skills, this course will equip you with the skills to create high-quality spreadsheets that meet the needs of your audience. Join us and elevate your Excel proficiency today.


In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Efficiently use VLOOKUP to retrieve information from Excel datasets.

  • Execute VLOOKUP with an approximate match for flexible data retrieval.

  • Effectively use error-handling functions to manage and troubleshoot data issues.

  • Apply IF, AND, and OR functions for logical analysis and decision-making.


This course includes:

  1. 78 minutes of video tutorials

  2. 10 individual video lectures

  3. Course and Exercise Files to follow along

  4. Certificate of completion

Who this course is for:

  • Beginners who are new to Microsoft Excel and want to learn intermediate formulas to improve their spreadsheet skills.
  • Students who want to build their Excel knowledge and need help with formulas and data analysis.
  • Professionals who work with data and want to learn how to use Excel.
  • Anyone who has basic knowledge of Excel and is ready to take their skills to the next level.