Microsoft Excel – Advanced (Level 3)

About This Course

This Advanced Microsoft Excel  training class is designed for students to gain the skills necessary to use pivot tables, audit and analyze worksheet data, utilize data tools, collaborate with others, and create and manage macros.

Audience Profile

Students who have intermediate skills with Microsoft Excel  who want to learn more advanced skills or students who want to learn the topics covered in this course in the 2016 interface.

At Course Completion

  • Create pivot tables and charts.
  • Learn to trace precedents and dependents.
  • Convert text and validate and consolidate data.
  • Collaborate with others by protecting worksheets and workbooks.
  • Create, use, edit, and manage macros.
  • Import and export data.
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Duration: 1 Day
Location: Cape Town & Johannesburg
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What you will learn

  • Create pivot tables and charts.
  • Learn to trace precedents and dependents.
  • Convert text and validate and consolidate data.
  • Collaborate with others by protecting worksheets and workbooks.
  • Create, use, edit, and manage macros.
  • Import and export data.

Basic computer skills

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Introduction to Excel

Intermediate Excel

FULL COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Using Pivot Tables

  • How PivotTables Work
  • Timeline Filters
  • Inserting Slicers
  • Grouping Data
  • Calculated Fields
  • PivotCharts
  • Working with PivotTables (Exercise)

Module 2:Advanced Functions

  • Function Syntax
  • ROWS, COLUMNS, INDEX, and XMATCH
  • Arrays and Array Formulas
  • Getting Unique Values (Exercise)
  • SORT, FILTER, and SORTBY
  • Lookup Functions
  • Using the XLOOKUP Function (Exercise)
  • The LET Function
  • The TRANSPOSE Function

Module 3: Auditing Workbooks

  • Inspecting a Workbook
  • Tracing Precedents and Dependents
  • Tracing Precedents and Dependents Practice (Exercise)
  • Watch Window
  • Evaluating Formulas
  • Error Checking

Module 4:Data Tools

  • Importing Data from online source
  • Converting Text to Columns
  • Converting Text to Columns (Exercise)
  • Importing Files
  • Importing Text Files (Exercise)
  • Linking to External Data
  • Controlling Calculation Options
  • Data Validation
  • Using Data Validation (Exercise)
  • Consolidating Data
  • Consolidating Data (Exercise)
  • What-If Analysis
  • Using Goal Seek (Exercise)

Module 5:Recording and Using Macros

  • Recording Macros
  • Recording a Macro (Exercise)
  • Running Macros
  • Editing Macros
  • Adding Macros to the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Adding a Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar (Exercise)

Module 6:Working with Others

  • Comments and Notes
  • Protecting Worksheets and Workbooks
  • Password Protecting a Workbook (Exercise)
  • Marking a Workbook as Final
  • Other Sharing Concerns

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