Course Microsoft Excel Intermediate - all versions up to 2007
Duration 1 Day
Overview This course is designed for students who have already attended the introductory course or who already have a good working knowledge of Excels basics.

To attend this course you should be familiar with building basic formulae and you should be confident in using AutoSum and adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. If you are not familiar with these please attend the Introductory course before coming on this course.

Content The Vital Bits (quick recap) Excels 3 key mouse shapes
Looking at the quickest way to add up large areas
The most efficient way to build formulae
The most efficient way to copy formulae
  Formulae and Functions Quickly adding up multiple areas in a sheet
Creating a grand total in a sheet
Carrying a number forward to another cell, sheet & book (linking)
Using brackets in formulae (order of calculation)
Using the $ in formulae (absolute & relative references)
Benefits of naming cells and ranges of cells
Using Insert Function to view and insert functions
Working with Functions to include:
Average, Min, Max, Count and CountA
CountIf, SumIF and IF
Nesting IF, and using AND and OR
Date functions
Text functions
Match and Vlookup functions
Nesting Functions
  Multiple Worksheets Inserting/Deleting/Moving/Copying Worksheets
Naming Worksheets
Working on multiple sheets at the same time
(Grouping and Ungrouping Sheets)
Summing across a group of worksheets (3 D Range)
Printing Multiple Worksheets and inserting Page Breaks

  File Linking & Data Consolidation

Linking using Point and Click and Paste Special
Opening & Updating Linked Workbooks
Editing a Link
If time permits: Using Data Consolidation and
Consolidating Data with Links

  Working with Large Worksheets Freezing Titles on the screen
Printing Titles on each page
Hiding and Showing columns, rows and worksheets
Freezing Window Panes
Splitting Windows Panes

  Using Outline & Custom Views Using Outline to hide and show columns
Using Outline to make different views of a worksheet
Adding and removing an Outline
Automatic Outline
Using Custom Views with Outline
Adding Custom Views to the toolbar
  Excel List or Database List Rules
Sorting and Filtering a List
Using Custom Filter
Using the Subtotal function with a filtered list
Using Custom Views with a filtered list

  PivotTables A brief introduction to Data Analysis with Pivot Tables
What's a Pivot Table?
How to create a basic Pivot Table

  Creating Graphs (if required) Building a Graph
Modifying the Graph
Adding & Deleting Data Series to a Graph
Adding Text
Chart Types
Saving Graphs
Default Chart Format
Changing the Default Chart
Embedded Charts and Chart Sheets

 

 

 

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