How lessons work
Twenty-five minutes, four parts, the same order every time.
Inside one lesson
A lesson is 25 minutes in four parts, always in the same order, so you know when you can stop.
0:00
Watch
8:00
Try it
20:00
Check
23:00
Notes
0:00
Watch
An instructor shows one technique on a real file, start to finish, in eight minutes or less.
8:00
Try it
You repeat it on the practice file that comes with the lesson. Captions and the transcript stay open beside you.
20:00
Check
Three short questions. Get one wrong and the video jumps back to the moment that explains it.
23:00
Notes
A one-page summary to download, and the next lesson waiting where you left off.
The player, key by key
Play or pause
Space
Back or forward 10 seconds
J and L
Captions on or off
C
Slower or faster
Shift + < and >
Jump to the next chapter
N
How long a course takes
Spreadsheets for real work is 6 h 10 min of video. With the exercises, plan on about nine hours. Here is how that fits into a week.
20 minutes, every weekday
about 6 weeks
Two lunch breaks a week, 40 minutes each
about 7 weeks
One hour on Saturday mornings
9 Saturdays
A free weekend, 4 hours a day
two weekends
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