Excel Training Course – Excel Intermediate Level Classes | Designed for Excel 365, 2019, 2016, 2013
This Intermediate Microsoft Excel training class is meant for students who want to expand their knowledge and learn how to create more productive workbooks. It covers formulas and function techniques, advanced formatting and charting features, and data manipulation tools like goal-seeking.
Training Type: Instructor-led Online Training – Prior to the start date of the course, an email will be sent to all registered students containing instructions on how to access the online Learning Management System.
Other options: Classroom in Ottawa and Toronto GTA – On-site at your company office ” Anywhere”
Course Level: Excel Intermediate Level Course
Related Excel Training: Excel Introduction course & Excel Advanced
Number of students per session: Our class sizes are typically 6-8 students per session. Our classes are intentionally kept small in order to foster more interaction between the instructor and students. We limit classes to a maximum of (8) students unless we are teaching a private group or organization. Each student must have access to a computer with Microsoft Excel (Windows)
Duration: 1 day (10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. EST Canada and USA Eastern Time)
Special Offers: Sign up with a friend and save 5% each – Sign up with 2 friends and save 10%
Each attendee should have a computer with hands-on access to Microsoft Excel 365, Excel 2019 (or Excel 2016,2013). You can get Microsoft Office including MS.Excel 2019 for less than $15/Month from the Microsoft Office Official site. Select Office 365 Business.
Corporate Training Special Offers: At our location or at yours
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PREREQUISITES
A working knowledge of creating/formatting simple spreadsheets, basic formulas, and functions. Or our Excel Introduction Level course.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for students who have basic skills with Microsoft Excel 365, 2019 (Excel 2016, Excel 2013) and want to expand their knowledge. Improving formatting, organizing data, highlighting key information, and creating formulas/links between sheets. Also for students who want to learn the topics covered in this course in the Excel 2019 interface.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- use the fill operations available to fill a data series
- use a range of techniques to work with worksheets
- apply a variety of page setup techniques
- apply borders to cells and ranges in a worksheet
- use common worksheet functions
- create more complex formulas and functions
- create and use defined names in a workbook
- apply a range of number formatting techniques to worksheet cells
- apply conditional formatting to ranges in a worksheet
- use goal seeking to determine the values required to reach a desired result
- understand and use Excel’s Quick Analysis tools
- create and work with tables
- use a range of elements and features to enhance charts
- select and change the format of objects in a chart
COURSE OUTLINE
Filling Data
- Understanding Filling
- Filling a Series
- Filling a Growth Series
- Filling a Series Backwards
- Filling Using Options
- Creating a Custom Fill List
- Modifying a Custom Fill List
- Deleting a Custom Fill List
- Extracting With Flash Fill
- More Complex Flash Fill Extractions
- Extracting Dates and Numbers
Worksheet Techniques
- Inserting and Deleting Worksheets
- Copying a Worksheet
- Renaming a Worksheet
- Moving a Worksheet
- Hiding a Worksheet
- Unhiding a Worksheet
- Copying a Sheet to Another Workbook
- Changing Worksheet Tab Colors
- Grouping Worksheets
- Hiding Rows and Columns
- Unhiding Rows and Columns
- Freezing Rows and Columns
- Splitting Windows
Page Setup
- Strategies for Printing Worksheets
- Understanding Page Layout
- Using Built-in Margins
- Setting Custom Margins
- Changing Margins by Dragging
- Centering on a Page
- Changing Orientation
- Specifying the Paper Size
- Setting the Print Area
- Clearing the Print Area
- Inserting Page Breaks
- Using Page Break Preview
- Removing Page Breaks
- Setting a Background
- Clearing the Background
- Settings Rows as Repeating Print Titles
- Clearing Print Titles
- Printing Gridlines
- Printing Headings
- Scaling to a Percentage
- Fit to a Specific Number of Pages
Applying Borders
- Understanding Borders
- Applying a Border to a Cell
- Applying a Border to a Range
- Applying a Bottom Border
- Applying Top and Bottom Borders
- Removing Borders
- The More Borders Command
- Using the More Borders Command
- Drawing Borders
- Drawing a Border Grid
- Erasing Borders
- Formatting the Drawing Pencil
Essential Functions
- Key Worksheet Functions
- Using IF With Text
- Using IF With Numbers
- Nesting IF Functions
- The CHOOSE Function
- The LOOKUP Function
- Using Counting Functions
- The ROUND Function
- Rounding Up and Rounding Down
- Manipulative Functions
- The MOD Function
- The TODAY Function
- The NOW Function
- The DATE Function
- The PMT Function
Complex Formulas
- Scoping a Formula
- Long-Hand Formulas
- Preparing for Complex Formulas
- Creating the Base Formula
- Adding More Operations
- Editing a Complex Formula
- Adding More Complexity
- Copying Nested Functions
- Switching to Manual Recalculation
- Pasting Values From Formulas
- Documenting Formulas
Defined Names
- Understanding Defined Names
- Defining Names From Worksheet Labels
- Using Names in Typed Formulas
- Applying Names to Existing Formulas
- Creating Names Using the Name Box
- Using Names to Select Ranges
- Pasting Defined Names Into Formulas
- Defining Names for Constant Values
- Creating Names From a Selection
- Scoping Names to a Worksheet
- Using the Name Manager
- Documenting Defined Names
Number Formatting Techniques
- Applying Alternate Currencies
- Applying Alternate Date Formats
- Formatting Clock Time
- Formatting Calculated Time
- Understanding Number Formatting
- Understanding Format Codes
- Creating Descriptive Custom Formats
- Custom Formatting Large Numbers
- Custom Formatting for Fractions
- Padding Numbers Using Custom Formatting
- Aligning Numbers Using Custom Formats
- Customizing the Display of Negative Values
Conditional Formatting
- Understanding Conditional Formatting
- Formatting Cells Containing Values
- Clearing Conditional Formatting
- More Cell Formatting Options
- Top Ten Items
- More Top and Bottom Formatting Options
- Working With Data Bars
- Working With Colour Scales
- Working With Icon Sets
- Understanding Sparklines
- Creating Sparklines
- Editing Sparklines
Goal Seeking
- Understanding Goal Seeking
- Using Goal Seek
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
- The Quick Analysis Tools
- Understanding Quick Analysis
- Quick Formatting
- Quick Charting
- Quick Totals
- Quick Sparklines
- Quick Tables
Worksheet Tables
- Understanding Tables
- Creating a Table From Scratch
- Working With Table Styles
- Inserting Table Columns
- Removing Table Columns
- Converting a Table to a Range
- Creating a Table From Data
- Inserting or Deleting Table Records
- Removing Duplicates
- Sorting Tables
- Filtering Tables
- Renaming a Table
- Splitting a Table
- Deleting a Table
Chart Elements
- Understanding Chart Elements
- Adding a Chart Title
- Adding Axes Titles
- Repositioning the Legend
- Showing Data Labels
- Showing Gridlines
- Formatting the Chart Area
- Adding a Trendline
- Adding Error Bars
- Adding a Data Table
Chart Object Formatting
- Understanding Chart Formatting
- Selecting Chart Objects
- Using Shape Styles
- Changing Column Color Schemes
- Changing the Color of a Series
- Changing Line Chart Colors
- Using Shape Effects
- Colouring the Chart Background
- Understanding the Format Pane
- Using the Format Pane
- Exploding Pie Slices
- Changing Individual Bar Colors
- Formatting Text
- Formatting With WordArt
- Changing WordArt Fill
- Changing WordArt Effects
Included Course Materials
Course workbook “PDF” including step-by-step course exercises complete with many actual screen captures and advanced project tips, exercises, and answers
Data files with all applicable Microsoft Excel files used in the course
Certificate of completion (PDF)
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