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Microsoft Excel: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Applying Worksheet Formatting, Formulas and Functions

Course: 1361 Type: Hands-On Training Duration: 3 Days

You Will Learn How To

Summarise data with Excel by incorporating formulas, formatting, and charts and graphs
Efficiently navigate and manipulate multiple spreadsheets in a workbook
Optimise your worksheets using templates, graphs and formulas
Design simple-to-complex formulas by nesting Excel functions
Present data visually using Excel tables and charts
Import, fine-tune and share Excel data in your workgroup

Course Benefits

In today's workplace Microsoft Excel is the de facto tool for working with data on the desktop. Knowing how to leverage Excel enables you to simplify complex tasks and is essential to daily work responsibilities. In this introductory course, you gain the skills to create Excel worksheets, develop formulas and apply sophisticated formatting to capture and present your data.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who uses Microsoft Excel and needs to acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques to design formulas, create and edit worksheets, and present data results. No previous experience with Excel is assumed.

Hands-On Training

Throughout this course, exercises provide you with experience applying Excel features, formulas and formatting. Hands-on exercises include:

Navigating the Excel interface for efficiency and speed
Formatting existing data for greater visual impact
Designing formulas to manipulate, summarise and refine raw data
Troubleshooting and tracing formula errors
Charting your data for clearer presentation
Recording macros to streamline tasks
Linking worksheets with references

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15 - 17 Dec	London
9 - 11 Mar	London
1 - 3 Jun	London
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Productivity through Education®

Microsoft Excel: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Applying Worksheet Formatting, Formulas and Functions

Course: 1361 Type: Hands-On Training Duration: 3 Days

Course Content

Introduction to Microsoft Excel

The spreadsheet model

Worksheets and their contents
Differentiating workbooks and worksheets

Navigating the interface

General navigation
Office Button
The Ribbon
Customising the interface
Managing large spreadsheets by zooming
Identifying worksheet tabs by color
Changing worksheet views

Basic data editing

Modifying cell contents and formats
Inserting data with AutoFill
Knowing when to use Paste Special
Finding and replacing data

Acquiring and Conforming Data

Importing data from outside sources

Integrating data from other Excel sheets
Utilising data from servers
Managing external links
Finding and removing duplicates

Excel tables and lists

How Excel tables work
Converting text to columns
Sorting and grouping table data
Adding data in a table or list

Worksheet Formatting and Presentation

Initial formatting

Configuring cell numeric formats
Aligning data within cells
Efficient presentation using the Format Painter
Fitting cells to data size
Naming cells and cell ranges

Worksheet presentation

Freezing worksheet areas
Hiding content in worksheets
Editing, modifying and saving templates

Innovative formatting

Styling cells and sheets with pre-built styles
Conditionally formatting cells and data
Rotating and wrapping text

Leveraging Formulas and Functions

Formula basics

Determining the order of operations
Specifying relative and absolute cell references
Automatic sums with AutoSum
Conditionally summarising data
Introducing conditional logic in formulas
Nesting expressions in formulas

Extending formulas and functions

Putting strings together with concatenation
Finding data with a formula: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP
Copying and pasting formulas and/or values
Handling formulas with dates

Auditing worksheet formulas

Deciphering tagged cells with errors
Identifying formula error indicators
Tracing spreadsheet formula errors

Creating a Visual Presentation of Data

Charting your data

Determining when charts are required
Creating and modifying charts with wizards
Adjusting chart layouts, title and labels
Switching chart type or data source

Printing workbooks

Setting options on the Page Layout tab
Viewing and adjusting page breaks
Developing appropriate headers and footers

Introducing Advanced Excel Features

PivotTable basics

Creating a PivotTable with wizards
Pivoting existing PivotTable data

Final workbook touches

Reviewing and adding comments on worksheets
Protecting and sharing worksheets
Tracking shared worksheet changes

Creating and managing macros

Macro basics
When to use a macro
Recording effective macros
Launching macros from buttons

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Productivity through Education®

Microsoft Excel: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction Tuition

Applying Worksheet Formatting, Formulas and Functions

Course: 1361 Type: Hands-On Training Duration: 3 Days

Course Fees

£ 1,475	Standard Fee
Savings Plans
£ 1,000	Flex-Training Pass
£ 750	10-Day Training Pass
£ 1,520	Voucher 10-Pack
£ 1,330	Alumni Gold Discount

Your Course Fee Entitles You To...

Class participation
Team workshops
Use of in-class hands-on equipment
Comprehensive course materials
Morning and afternoon refreshments
Course Completion Certificate
FREE participation in the Learning Tree Professional Certification Programmes (including related exams)

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