Designed for students who are already aware of the basics of excel and are looking for more challenging tasks. In this you will learn data visualization and dashboard design techniques. Moreover, you will have an in-depth understanding of pivot tables, evaluate worksheet data, collaborate with others and create and manage Macros. Our syllabus will start with Microsoft excel fundamentals and will include topics like launching excel, customizing the quick access tool bar and working with numeric data in excel.
Takeaways
- Excel Interface
- Data analysis
- Formulas in Excel
- Excel Projects
Microsoft excel fundamentals
- Launching excel
- Microsoft excel startup screen
- Introduction to the excel interface
- Customizing the excel quick access toolbar
- More on the excel interface
- Understanding the structure of an excel workbook
- Saving an excel document
- Opening an existing excel document
- Common excel shortcut keys
Entering and editing text and formulas
- Entering text to create spreadsheet titles
- Working with numeric data in excel
- Entering date values in excel
- Working with cell references
- Creating basic formulas in excel
- Relative vs absolute cell references in formulas
- Understanding the order of operation
Working with basic excel functions
- The structure of an excel function
- Working with the SUM () function
- Working with the MIN () and MAX () functions
- Working with the AVERAGE () function
- Working with the COUNT () function
- Adjacent cells error in excel calculations
- Using the AutoSum command
- Excel’s AutoSum shortcut key
- Using the AutoFill command to copy formulas
Modifying an excel worksheet
- Moving and copying data in an excel worksheet
- Inserting and deleting rows and columns
- Changing the width and height of cells
- Hiding and unhiding excel rows and columns
- Renaming an excel worksheet
- Deleting an excel worksheet
- Moving and copying an excel worksheet
Formatting data in an excel worksheet
- Working with font formatting commands
- Changing the background color of a Cell
- Adding borders to cells
- Excel cell borders continued
- Formatting data as currency values
- Formatting percentages
- Using excel’s format painter
- Creating styles to format data
- Merging and centering cells
- Using conditional formatting
- Editing excel conditional formatting