Practical Excel 2013 for the Workplace – Intermediate and Advanced

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course takes up where the Excel 2013 Fundamentals course leaves off. It covers a wide variety of Excel topics, ranging from intermediate to advanced level. You will learn a wide variety of Excel functions, tips for creating readable and correct formulas, a number of useful data analysis tools, how to import external data into Excel, and tools for making your spreadsheets more professional. To learn Excel quickly and effectively, download the companion exercise files so you can follow along with the instructor by performing the same actions he is showing you on the videos.

Category: Office Productivity/Microsoft

What are the requirements?

• Microsoft Office 2013

Prerequisites: Practical Excel 2013 for the Workplace – Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge

What am I going to get from this course?

• Over 5 hours of video content, plus an Excel add-in for premium subscribers
• How to use intermediate to advanced Excel functions from various categories (counting/summing/averaging, math, text, date/time, statistical, financial, reference, and logical) to solve practical problems
• More advanced tips for working with formulas, including formula auditing and formula evaluation
• How to use Excel’s many powerful tools for data analysis, including tables, pivot tables, data tables, Goal Seek, and Solver
• How to use Excel’s tools for importing external data from databases, text files, and the Web
• How to use a number of intermediate to advanced tools for adding professional touches to your spreadsheets, including data validation, workbook/worksheet protection, scenarios, form controls, and recording macros
• An introduction to several tools new to Excel 2013, including Flash Fill for text pattern recognition and several data analysis tools (Quick Analysis, the Excel Data Model, and the PowerPivot and Power View add-ins)

What is the target audience?

• Any competent Excel users who aspire to becoming Excel “power users”