How to Learn MS Excel
If you are interested in becoming a Certified Microsoft Excel Specialist but have not yet acquired the knowledge and skills to pass the exam, there are several ways you can learn how to use MS Excel.
MS Excel Training Exam
If you have many of the required skills or only need a refresher, consider completing the MS Excel Exam Preparation available through TLU in the "training" mode. As you work on each of the 50 sets of tasks, you can decide to complete it independently, complete it by following step-by-step instructions, or complete it after doing an interactive Microsoft tutorial on the task(s). You will be able to identify the skill areas where you need to do additional preparation, if any, through one of the means outlined below.
Online Courses through TLU’s Center for Professional Development
In collaboration with Ed2Go, these six-week courses include expert instructors and are offered entirely online. These courses earn continuing education units (CEU), not academic credit. Click on the course to learn more about it. Each course is $102.
Microsoft E-Learning Course
If you can learn independently without an instructor, a Microsoft E-Learning Course may be an effective way for you to learn at your own pace and on your own schedule.
This course has been certified as Microsoft Office Specialist Approved Courseware and covers all exam skill standards.
Audience: Home and Office Users; price: $29.99.
Self-instructional Paper-based Training Manuals
The books listed below and others are available from bookstores and online.
Microsoft® Office Excel® 2003 Step by Step
Author Curtis Frye
Pages 400
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level Beg/Int
Published 08/27/2003
ISBN 9780735615182
ISBN-10 0-7356-1518-7
Cost $15.13 from Amazon
Microsoft® Office Excel 2003 Inside Out
Author Craig Stinson, Mark Dodge
Pages 1056
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level Int/Adv
Published 09/03/2003
ISBN 9780735615113
ISBN-10 0-7356-1511-X
Cost $26.99 from Amazon
Microsoft Office Excel 2003: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques, CourseCard Edition)
Authors Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, and James S. Quasney
Pages 816 pages
Publisher Course Technology; 2 edition (March 21, 2005)
ISBN-10 1418843601
ISBN-13 978-1418843601
Cost $60.55 from Amazon
Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel 2003 Study Guide
Author Linda F. Johnson
Pages 504 pages
Publisher Sybex; Stg edition (May 9, 2006)
ISBN-10 047194002X
ISBN-13 978-047194002
Cost $19.79 from Amazon
Preparation Guide for Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel 2003
When you are ready to take the actual exam, this Microsoft preparation guide will help you prepare for the Microsoft Office Excel 2003 certification exam. Click here to access this preparation guide that contains the following information.. | Exam News |
| Audience Profile |
| Skill Standards |
| Exam Format |
| Success Profile and Preparation Tips |
| Passing standard (cut-score) |
| Test-Taking Rules |
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