
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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Follow-on courses
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