Google Sheets - From Novice to Ninja

Master Google Sheets: From data entry to cutting-edge AI & automation. Practical skills and real-world results

What you'll learn

• How to use the key tools in Google Sheets to input and use data.
  
• Perform data analysis using tools like formulas, functions, pivot tables, slicers, and filters.
  
• Collaborate and share spreadsheets securely.
  
• Format data for better data readability and analysis.
  
• Be able to use Google Sheets to solve real-life problems.
  
• Automate Google Sheets with macros, Apps Script, and Google's AI Gemini.
  

Description

Hello! Welcome to Google Sheets - From Novice to Ninja! This comprehensive course on Google Sheets equips you with the skills to effortlessly organize, analyze, and visualize your data. We'll begin with the fundamentals, covering data input and formatting, before moving on to more advanced topics like data validation and automation. This course is fully up-to-date, incorporating the latest features in Google Sheets, including AI-powered tools like Gemini, structured data with tables, and time-saving features like Conditional Notifications.

The course consists of byte-size videos which are about 3 to 10 mins long. In each video, I'll take you step-by-step through an area in Sheets, showing you practical examples of how to use the tools. At the end of each section, there will be a little quiz to check your understanding, plus, a real-life practical challenge to use your new-found skills on.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

• We'll start with the very basics and look at the layout of Sheets, understand cells, rows, columns, and sheets.
  
• We'll then look at formatting data and the cells to make it easier to understand.
  
• We'll look beyond cells and look at rows, columns, and sheets, and see how we can work with them, for example, inserting, deleting, freezing, grouping, and merging.
  
• Then we'll introduce one of the most important areas in spreadsheets, which are formulas and functions. These allow us to manipulate data with ease, making calculation super easy. Plus, we'll look at two types of cell references and when we should use them.
  
• You'll discover some time-saving techniques like how to quickly create sequential numbers and dates.
  
• You'll see how to use hyperlinks to connect specific cells, sheets, other Google files and external websites. Plus, how to connect spreadsheets so that if data in one is updated, it updates the other. All with a simple function.
  
• You'll learn how to manipulate data in different ways like, transposing, filtering, sorting, and slicing data. Plus, how to analyse data with tools like pivot tables.
  
• You'll learn how to create sparklines and charts to understand trends and patterns in your data.
  
• We'll look at how to format your data automatically using conditional formatting, to make it easier to read and understand, without the need to spend time manually formatting your cells.
  
• Multiple people can use the same spreadsheet at the same time, and you'll learn how to share the sheets, to leave notes, and how to use the in-built commenting system for effective teamwork.
  
• You'll see how you can go back to previous versions of both your document and in specific cells. Every change is recorded in Sheets!
  
• Spreadsheet data can get messy, so you'll learn how to clean data up, to use rules and drop-down menus to make data entry both easy and accurate.
  
• Learn how to print out your data, formatting it so it looks professional.
  
• We look at how to create timelines to visualize your time-based data.
  
• Finally, we look at ways of automating your Sheets to save you time, using tools like macros, Apps Script, and using the power of Gemini.
  

Who am I? I'm Baz Roberts and I've been writing about Google Sheets and the rest of the suite of Google Apps since 2015. If you want a course that's straight to the point whilst taking you step-by-step, then you've found the right one!

How will this course help you? You'll be able to use Google Sheets with confidence. You'll save time and effort. You'll impress your boss and colleagues! You'll enhance professional and academic prospects and open doors to new opportunities.

None of this is difficult. Sometimes you just need to be guided in the right direction. Let's get started! :)

Who this course is for:

• Beginners to Google Sheets who want to build foundational skills.
  
• Professionals needing to organise and analyse data effectively in their workplace.
  
• Students and Educators aiming to improve spreadsheet skills for academic or teaching purposes.
  
• Small Business Owners and Freelancers seeking to streamline business processes and data management.
  

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