Microsoft® Office Excel®: What it Offers and How to Use it

Course Length:

3 hours

Course Description

You have dabbled in Excel.  You have entered data in a worksheet, but do you really understand what is happening with the data?  If you are struggling with the formatting of your worksheets and wondering how to create your own formulas and functions, you will benefit from the short 3-hour introduction to Excel.  Participants that have taken this workshop appreciate knowing HOW Excel works so they can better utilize the features.  This workshop offers Excel concepts necessary for data setup that allows efficient reporting.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to create and develop Excel worksheets, use and understand formula and function syntax and format and print an Excel report

You will:

  • Use shortcuts to efficiently navigate and select your data
  • Perform calculations using formulas and functions
  • Modify a worksheet and format a worksheet
  • Format a worksheet.
  • Use Excel print features

Target Student:

This course is intended for students who have some or no experience using Excel and desire to understand the logic behind the workbook.  Students who need to construct or edit Excel formulas and functions, format a workbook for reports and use Excel print features will benefit from this course.

Prerequisites:

To ensure success a basic knowledge of Windows concepts such as cut, copy and paste will suffice.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting to Know Excel

  • Create and Edit and Modify a Worksheet
  • Use Correct Data types for Efficient Reporting

Lesson 2:  Using Formulas and Functions

  • Create Worksheet Formulas and Functions
  • Use Relative and Absolute Cell References
  • Use Autofill and Paste Special

Lesson 3:  Modifying a Worksheet

  • Insert, Delete and Adjust cells, columns and rows
  • Search and Replace Data

Lesson 4: Printing a Worksheet

  • Preview and Print a Worksheet
  • Create Headers and Footers
  • Change Layout
  • Use Page Break and Print Titles