Microsoft Excel® in Depth: Virtual In-House Training
The goal of this course is to provide a deeper understanding of Excel and its intricacies and a new ability to use it efficiently producing the best solutions for your projects.
This practical course provides a solid background of the features of Excel and a deeper understanding of its features, benefits and uses. This is not a beginner's course in Excel. You will learn some advanced features such as Pivot Tables, Charting, Tables, Sorting, Filtering and Functions.
The goal of this course is to provide a deeper understanding of Excel and its intricacies and a new ability to use it efficiently producing the best solutions for your projects.
What you Will Learn
You'll learn how to:
Use functions like IF, AVERAGE, SUMIF, SUMIFS, SUMPRODUCT, INDEX, MATCH, CHOOSE, DATE, and many more
Create meaningful charts
Use pivot tables
Use Conditional Formatting, Data Validation
Take advantage of using Named ranges, do sorting, filtering, tables
Getting Started
The building blocks of Excel, built-in functions, will be examined
The basics of formatting your data will be examined
Shortcuts and data manipulation will be explored
Built-in features like those mentioned in the 'What you will learn' section above will be explored in detail
Excel Functions - VLOOKUP, IF, INDEX, MATCH, CHOOSE, SUMIF, SUMIFS, SUMPRODUCT, DATE, so many more
Using Named ranges, Data Validation, Sorting, and Filtering
Learn the Name manager;
Learn the difference between local and global names;
Ensure correct access to linked workbooks;
Ensure data accuracy;
Learn how to use cascading data validation (for example, once a user chooses 'cars', another cell allows only Ford, Toyota, etc.);
Sorting by more than 3 fields;
Filtering by font, pattern, or value;
See your data based on things like dates in the 3rd quarter, or fields where quantity x price is greater than some fixed value
Conditional formatting and data formatting
Make relevant data stand out
Isolate highs and lows
Make error cells invisible
Learn about Data bars, Icon sets, and Color scales
Highlight differences between worksheets
Learn all the codes in the Format/Number list
Using cell Styles
Learn all about alignment, protection, borders, colors and more
Pivot Tables
Learn how to summarize large amounts of data with a few clicks
Learn various ways of presenting the data
Learn the various pivot table tools
Learn how to customize and format a pivot table to suit your needs
Learn how to group data
Learn how to use the various options to present your data
Charts
Learn how to create a chart with one keystroke!
Learn the 11 types of built-in charts
Learn how to create a chart with one keystroke!
Learn how to customize the charts to make the information tell the right story
Learn how to use the design, layout, and formatting available to charts in Excel 2007
Learn embedded charts versus chart sheets
Learn how to use modify all the pieces of a chart
Array formulas
Learn how to use the most powerful formulas in Excel
Learn how to combine many formulas into one compact array-formula
Learn the real power of these formulas and why regular formulas can't do the job
Learn how to use built-in array formulas, like TREND or TRANSPOSE