Microsoft Excel training tailored to you

  • Introduction course, Intermediate & Advanced available too

Who’s it for?

The Microsoft Excel Intro course is for complete beginners who need to understand the functionality of Excel.

Course overview

Learn to work efficiently, producing factual and well formatted spreadsheets.

Course outline

The Basics

The Excel Interface
Using Backstage View
Understanding the Ribbon
Using & customising the Quick Access toolbar

Organise Your Workbooks

Creating, saving & opening a new Workbook
Entering numbers, text & dates in a Workbook
Deleting Cell Contents
Quickly sorting data
Adding, deleting & naming sheets

Layout of Spreadsheets

Inserting Columns & Rows
Deleting Columns & Rows
AutoFill
Using Cut, Copy & Paste
Using Undo & Redo

Defining & Creating Calculations

Writing a basic formula
Understanding the order of BODMAS
The Sum function & AutoSum
Creating statistical functions (Average, Max and Min)
Working with Relative References when Copying Formulas

Presenting Your Data

Font formatting
Borders & Shading
Number formatting (currency etc)
Alignment options
Clearing formats

Printing Worksheets

Setting page margins & page orientation
Creating a Header & Footer
Printing all or part of a worksheet
Setting Print Titles for large Worksheets

Visual Representations of Your Data

Creating a chart
Changing the Chart Type
Basic Formatting of Charts

Learning outcomes

  • Create a spreadsheet from scratch
  • Format text & numbers
  • Learn shortcuts to work efficiently
  • Perform basic calculations
  • Present data visually using charts

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