Overview
What does the course cover?
This course builds on the Excel 2016 Level 1 foundations course to teach you how to use the essential tools in Excel. You’ll learn V and H lookup, CountIf and SumIf and database functions. You’ll work with charts, graphs, filters and lists, import different file formats (like XML data) and track changes in a spreadsheet.
Aims
Why take this course?
This course provides you with solid knowledge in the most important tools in Excel. Once you have finished the course you will know more than most people who are using Excel each day. You’ll have powerful skill-set that you can use in building spreadsheets that make you even more efficient in your role.
Audience
Who would benefit?
If you work with Excel on a regular basis there is a huge amount to gain by being confident at this level. There are many features to learn and this course will save you hours and hours of work as you start to make the most of the functionality of Excel 2016.
Course Preview
Each course contains high quality, professional video lessons, downloadable exercise files and real-world templates for you to use.
Course Details
Section 1: Advanced Formats and Filter
- Lesson 1: Custom Formats
- Lesson 2: Conditional Formatting
- Lesson 3: Data Bars & Icons
- Lesson 4: Custom Lists & Sorts
- Lesson 5: Advanced Filter
- Lesson 6: Filter by Colour
Section 2: Advanced Sheet Options
- Lesson 1: Copying a Sheet
- Lesson 2: Grouping Sheets
- Lesson 3: Freeze panes
- Lesson 4: Headers and Footers
- Lesson 5: Custom Views
- Lesson 6: Arrange All & New Window
- Lesson 7: Linking sheets
Section 3: Data Tools
- Lesson 1: Flash Fill & Strings
- Lesson 2: Remove Duplicates
- Lesson 3: Data Validation
- Lesson 4: Consolidate
- Lesson 5: Goal seek
- Lesson 6: Scenarios
- Lesson 7: Data Table
- Lesson 8: Forecast Sheet
- Lesson 9: Subtotal & Grouping
Section 4: Tables
- Lesson 1: Creating a Table
- Lesson 2: Table options and design
- Lesson 3: Table Tools
- Lesson 4: Slicer
- Lesson 5: Timeline
- Lesson 6: Exporting a table
- Lesson 7: Converting a table to a range
Section 5: Defining and Auditing Formula
- Lesson 1: Absolute and Relative Referencing
- Lesson 2: Name Manager
- Lesson 3: Formula auditing
- Lesson 4: Watch Window
- Lesson 5: Calculation Options
Section 6: If Statements
- Lesson 1: Simple IF Statement
- Lesson 2: Nested IF Statement
- Lesson 3: IF AND Statement
Section 7: Pivot Tables
- Lesson 1: What is a PivotTable?
- Lesson 2: Recommended PivotTables
- Lesson 3: Creating a PivotTable Manually
- Lesson 4: Editing the PivotTable Options
- Lesson 5: Refreshing a PivotTable
- Lesson 6: Changing the Data Source
- Lesson 7: Importance of Table Style
- Lesson 8: Drill down options
- Lesson 9: Field Settings
- Lesson 10: Filters
Skills You’ll Learn
What you’ll be able to do after the course
- Save and export Excel into different formats
- Protect workbooks and worksheets
- Import and export XML and CSV files
- Work with Vlookup and Hlookup functions
- Filter and subtotal lists
- Work with named cells and ranges
- Use validation in a spreadsheet
How You Can Apply These Skills
What you’ll be able to use these skills for
- Perform data analysis
- Lookup prices or products based on IDs or dates
- Create advanced charts
- Create charts with trend lines
- Understand more complex spreadsheets
- Use conditional formatting to highlight key data
- Share workbooks with other users
Certification
When you pass you will receive an internationally recognized accreditation certificate like this:
What’s next?
Upon completion, you can move onto Excel 2016 – Level 3. After you have completed the two levels you will be ready to take the Expert and Specialist courses in Excel for advanced Certification and for preparation for the Microsoft Certification exams
Careers that require these skills at this level?
Excel is used in practically every business and in nearly all departments in those businesses – ranging from sales to accounting and administration. Any office role will require you to be proficient to this level.
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