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Overview

This course builds on the foundational and intermediate knowledge presented in the earlier course and your previous Excel experience to help you get the most from the software. The ability to collaborate with colleagues, automate complex or repetitive tasks, and use conditional logic to construct and apply elaborate formulas and functions will give you the full power of Excel at your fingertips. The more you learn about how to get Excel to do the hard work for you, the more you'll be able to concentrate on getting the answers you need from the vast amount of data produced by organizations.

Course Requirements

To ensure success, learners should have practical experience creating and analyzing datasets using Excel. Specific tasks learners should be able to perform include: creating formulas and using Excel functions; creating, sorting, and filtering datasets and tables; presenting data by using basic charts; creating and working with PivotTables, slicers, and PivotCharts; and customizing the Excel environment.

What You Will Learn

In particular you will be able to:

Use Pivot Tables
Work with multiple worksheets and workbooks simultaneously
Share and protect workbooks
Automate workbook functionality
Apply conditional logic
Audit worksheets
Present your data visually using Charts

1. Pivot Tables

Creating and Using a Pivot Table
Filtering and Sorting Data within a Pivot Table
Automatically Grouping Data in a Pivot Table and Renaming Groups
Manually Grouping Data in a Pivot Table and Renaming Groups

2. Charts

Creating a Combined Line and Column Chart
Adding a Secondary Axis to a Chart
Changing the Chart Type for a Particular Data Series
Adding a Data Series to a Chart
Removing a Data Series from a Chart
Re-Positioning Chart Title
Re-Positioning the Chart Legend
Moving and Formatting Chart Data Labels
Modifying Chart Axis Scales
Formatting an Axis to Display Using Commas
Inserting Images into Chart Columns
Inserting Images to Chart Bars

3. Hyperlinks

Inserting a Hyperlink
Editing a Hyperlink
Removing a Hyperlink

4. Linking & Embedding

What Is Embedding and Linking?
Linking Data within a Worksheet
Linking Cells between Worksheets within a Workbook
Linking Data between Workbooks
Linking Data from Excel to a Word Document

5. Importing Text Files

What Is a Delimited Text File?
Importing a Delimited Text File

6. Sorting and Filtering Data

Sorting Data by Multiple Columns at the Same Time
Applying a Pre-Installed Custom Sort
Creating a Customized List and Performing a Custom Sort
Removing a Customised List
Using AutoFilter
Using AutoFilter to Perform Multiple Queries
Top 10 AutoFilter
Removing All AutoFilters from a Worksheet

7. Validating

Data Validation - Whole Number
Data Validation - Decimal Number
Data Validation - List
Data Validation - Date

8. Auditing

Tracing Precedent Cells
Tracing Dependent Cells
Cells with Missing Dependents
Showing All Formulas in a Worksheet
Inserting and Viewing Comments
Editing and Deleting Comments
Showing and Hiding Comments

9. Macros

Macro to Apply a Custom Number Format
Deleting Macros

10. Passwords & Security Issues

Adding 'Open' Password Protection to a Workbook
Adding 'Modify' Password Protection to a Workbook
Removing an 'Open' Password from a Workbook
Removing a 'Modify' Password from a Workbook
Password Protecting Cells and Worksheets
Hiding Formulas
Un-Hiding Formulas

Attend one of our public Excel courses:

Small Class Sizes

Maximum of 6 students per course.

Reference Manual

High quality reference manual supporting the topics covered.

Post Course Support

Unlimited post course email support on the course topics.

Delivery Options:

Virtual Online

Training Centres

1 Day Course

Thu, 17 Feb 2022

Virtual

£245

Thu, 17 Mar 2022

Virtual

£245

Thu, 14 Apr 2022

Virtual

£245

Fri, 20 May 2022

Virtual

£245

Thu, 16 Jun 2022

Virtual

£245

We can arrange your own private Excel course.

Tailored

Have us build a custom private course tailored to your needs.

Cost Effective

If you are looking to training a group of people private courses can be very cost effective.

Post Course Support

Unlimited post course email support on the course topics.

Delivery Options:

At Your Offices

Virtual Online

Training Centres

The trainer was very through and very helpful. The course was delivered superbly and I'm very pleased.

David O'Hara - Multibrands UK

I found the course very relevant to a lot of the day-to-day work I do.

Sian Stephenson - Aldi Stores Ltd

Really good trainer. He made the training interesting and fun.

Wendy Sipson - Hampshire Constabulary

This course was excellent and I am delighted with how much I have achieved. The trainer was very friendly and approachable.

Rosie Heath - Licensed Trade Charity

The trainer was a really good instructor, he took the time to help us with individual issues and also tried to cater the course to meet our collective needs.

Ben Knight - Atlas Copco Ltd

Very good introduction. Well paced and suited a range of experience levels.

Felicity Howdle - Health Education England

Excel Introduction

1 Day

This introductory Microsoft Excel course is ideal for beginners who want to learn how to produce spreadsheets, work with data and perform basic calculations.

Excel Intermediate

1 Day

This course has been developed for people wanting to use Excel to perform calculations with a variety of common worksheet functions, filter, sort and summarise database lists, format and modify charts, and conditionally format cells.

1 Day