Excel for Beginners: Easy Steps to Get Started - How to use Copilot in Excel - The Complete Beginners Course

Unlock the power of Microsoft Copilot in Excel in this beginner-friendly tutorial! Whether you’re brand new to Copilot or looking to understand what it can really do, this video walks you through everything step-by-step — from simple prompts to full data cleaning, analysis, formulas, charts, and more. Copilot is now available in all Microsoft 365 accounts, and in this video I’m using the premium version, which includes additional features you might not see in the basic tier. If you want to save time, work smarter, and turn messy spreadsheets into clean insights, this lesson will help you get started fast. Practice Files: Link to Module 2 Practice Workbook: https://go.teachers.tech/CopilotModule2 Link to Module 3 Practice Workbook: https://go.teachers.tech/CopilotModule3 Prompts I used in the video: https://go.teachers.tech/CopilotPrompts Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 -Chat vs. App Skills 03:20 - Save your Excel files to the cloud 03:30 - Supported file types 04:06 - Turn range to tables 05:47 - Intro to Module 2 06:17 - Quick insights with Copilot 09:38 - Visualizations with Copilot (Create charts and images) 13:41 - Instant formulas with Copilot in Excel 19:36 - Conditional formatting with Copilot 21:19 - Cleanup and creating categories 26:09 - PivotTables with Prompts 29:08 - Trend Spotting and What Ifs with Copilot 31:36 - Summarizing for presentations 33:27 - Intro to Module 3 33:58 - Importing and combining data with Copilot in Excel 40:49 - Text insights & Structuring Notes 42:36 - Iterative questioning for deeper insight 45:05 - Python in Excel with Copilot