One of the most widely used programs for visualising and analysing data is Microsoft Excel. This software is used in almost every industry, not to mention for personal use in households around the world. Small business owners rely on Excel to track hours, finances, and invoices, and large corporations rely on Excel for data analysis, to visualise data, and innumerable other tasks.
This Microsoft Excel Basics – Ultimate Beginner’s Course is designed specifically for spreadsheet users who are already performing professional financial analysis and financial modeling or are looking to prep for a wall-street career. You will learn all the tips, tricks, shortcuts, functions and formulas you need to be a power user. You will get to know how to filter, sort and find the data by using the world’s most popular spreadsheet software. Next, you will learn how to create graphs and charts in the spreadsheet program. Finally, you will learn to format the page layout and how to print your work
What Will I Learn?
- Learn the basic concepts of spreadsheet design, formulas and functions that will enable you to build fully working models using the world’s most popular spreadsheet software.
Requirements
- You should have access to a working copy of Microsoft Excel before starting this course.
Who is the target audience?
- This course is perfect for absolute beginners but is also suitable for self-taught Excel users. No prior knowledge is required and the techniques taught will work in any version of Excel. It is probably not for you if you want to learn more advanced and complex functionality.
Course Curriculum
Welcome to Excel Basics - The Ultimate Beginner's course | |||
Welcome to Excel Basics | 00:02:00 | ||
Important Points | 00:02:00 | ||
Excel Basics | |||
The Excel Interface | 00:04:00 | ||
Creating a New Workbook | 00:04:00 | ||
Pointer Shapes | 00:03:00 | ||
Opening and Closing Workbooks | 00:04:00 | ||
Moving around with Keyboard and Mouse | 00:05:00 | ||
Opening Multiple Workbooks | 00:06:00 | ||
Renaming Sheets | 00:03:00 | ||
Copying and Moving Sheets | 00:05:00 | ||
Inserting and Deleting Sheets | 00:06:00 | ||
Changing Sheet Tab Colours | 00:02:00 | ||
Copying and Moving Cells | 00:06:00 | ||
Copying and Moving by Dragging | 00:04:00 | ||
Using the Fill Handle | 00:04:00 | ||
Worksheets | |||
Inserting Rows and Columns | 00:04:00 | ||
Deleting Rows and Columns | 00:06:00 | ||
Hiding Rows and Columns | 00:04:00 | ||
Adjusting Column Widths | 00:05:00 | ||
Adjusting Row Height | 00:05:00 | ||
Copying by Using the Fill Handle | 00:06:00 | ||
Copying Using the Shortcut Menus | 00:10:00 | ||
Formatting | |||
Selection Methods | 00:07:00 | ||
Cell Alignment | 00:05:00 | ||
The Format Painter | 00:04:00 | ||
Simple Formatting | 00:07:00 | ||
Fonts, Font Size and Font Colour | 00:07:00 | ||
Cell Borders | 00:03:00 | ||
Cell Patterns | 00:04:00 | ||
Formulas | |||
Introduction to Formulas and Functions | 00:08:00 | ||
Invoice Walkthrough | 00:04:00 | ||
Absolute Cell References | 00:07:00 | ||
Functions | 00:07:00 | ||
Named Ranges | 00:05:00 | ||
Outlining | 00:06:00 | ||
Sorting and Filtering Data | |||
Sorting | 00:05:00 | ||
Filtering | 00:05:00 | ||
Tables | 00:09:00 | ||
Charts | |||
Inserting Charts in Excel 2010 | 00:04:00 | ||
Adding Charts in Excel 2013 | 00:05:00 | ||
Sparklines | 00:04:00 | ||
Printing | |||
Setting and Clearing a Print Area | 00:04:00 | ||
Page Breaks and Column Headers | 00:04:00 | ||
Course Certification |