Event Details
6 hours
Combination lecture and classroom exercises.
Available virtually.
Class 1: January 14, 2025
Start time: 01:00 p.m. EDT
End time: 04:00 p.m. EDT
Class 2: January 16, 2025
Start time: 01:00 p.m. EDT
End time: 04:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: Virtual on Zoom
Directions: Training will occur on Zoom. You will be provided with a unique link per registrant. Please plan to login 10 minutes prior to the session start time.
Description
Elevate your Excel skills with this comprehensive intermediate course designed to enhance your confidence in working with spreadsheets. You’ll master essential formulas, functions, and cell references, including relative and absolute references, and improve your navigation skills with quick tips. Dive into Excel essentials like conditional formatting, data validation, and date management while gaining expert tips for printing. Explore advanced workbook management with three-dimensional cell references, named ranges, and range-based functions. Unlock the power of graphing by learning various chart types, formatting, and data manipulation. Master the IF function for dynamic decision-making and explore powerful lookup functions like VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP. Finally, prepare your data with tables and discover the full potential of PivotTables and PivotCharts, including the use of slicers and timelines for interactive data analysis.
Who Should Attend
Students who have some experience using Excel and are comfortable with the basics of the structure and functionality.
Learning Objectives
Students will gain intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including:
- Working with Workbooks & Ranges
- Charting Data
- Utilizing the IF Function
- Looking up Datat Dynamically
- Tables
- PivotTables & PivotCharts
Course Outline
Review of Spreadsheets
• Formulas, Functions and Cell References
• Relative and Absolute Cell References
• Viewing the Excel Screen
Understand Excel Essentials
• Freezing Row and Column Headings
• Conditional Formatting
• How Dates Work
• Printing Tips
Work with Workbooks & Ranges
• Managing Sheets
• Three-Dimensional Cell References
• Naming Ranges
• Ranges in Functions
Chart Your Data
• Chart types
• Chart formatting
• Editing a chart
• Changing the source data
Utilize the IF Function
• IF: Letting Excel Make a Decision for You
• Calculating within an IF Function
Lookup Data Dynamically
• VLOOKUP
• XLOOKUP
• Data Validation
Tables: Prep to Pivot
• Intro to Tables
• Sorting & Filtering
Insert PivotTables & PivotCharts
• Into to PivotTables
• Into to PivotCharts
• Slicers
• Timelines