Excel basic - in english

Through this course you will learn how to format and arrange your data for improved readability, how to create and format charts, how to use formulas and calculations and use some of Excels tools for handling large amounts of data. 

Duration

2 days from 09:00 to 16:00

Requirements

You can participate in this course whether you use Excel 2019, 2016, 2013 or Office 365.

No prior knowledge to Excel is needed to participate in this course.

If you have a certain degree of knowledge to Excel or you want a quicker review or a brush up, we can offer you a 1 day course.

How we teach

You will be introduced to each topic interactively, which will allow you to learn both by seeing, hearing and practice simultaneously.

Each topic will be followed by relevant exercises. If you have any questions or if you have any Excel examples, our instructor will be pleased to help you.

CONTENT

Introduction to Excel

• Intro to Excel
• Review of the user interface
• Customizing the user interface

Building Excel spreadsheet

• Entering, editing and deleting data in Excel
• Adjusting rows and columns
• Delete, insert columns and rows
• Naming, inserting and deleting sheets
• Insert comments in the cells
• Selecting and Navigating in Excel
• Navigating within the spreadsheet
• Navigating between sheets
• Selecting Data

Formulas and functions

• Building and editing formulas
• Locking cell references
• Introduction to built-in functions such as:
• Sum – Average – Count – Min – Max – IF
• Copying formulas and functions
• Formulas across sheets

Formatting

• Numbers and date formatting
• Font and cell formatting
• Formatting borders and lines
• Conditional formatting
• Zero format

Presentation af data

• Creating and editing charts
• Formatting charts
• Copying of charts and pasting into Word / PowerPoint using links

Working with large amounts of data

• The use of Filters for selecting specific topics
• Sorting Data
• Freeze panes (lock viewing to top rows / leftmost columns)
• Use of Table styles

Printing Spreadsheets

• Using print preview
• Create and manage page layouts
• Repeating headings on all printed pages

Shortcut keys

• Using Keyboard Shortcuts

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