What Will I Learn?

• Enter and edit Excel data. Format numbers, fonts and alignment.
• Make simple pivot tables and charts
• Create simple Excel formulas.
• Use Excel Functions IF and VLOOKUP
• Filter and sort lists of data. Find the "Top 10" values.
• Use Excel table functions to de-duplicate data and make totals.
• Understand how Excel is used in a business context to analyze data.
• Create a simple sales analysis report.

Requirements

• Students should have a copy of Excel 2010, or Excel 2013 or Excel 2016, already installed.
• Students should be familiar with working with files: opening, closing and saving files.

Description

The course is just 36 minutes - you can finish it over a lunch break! That’s how long it takes to complete the videos in this course, and come away with a strong understanding of the use of Excel in business. You’ll learn many of the important Excel functions: IF, VLOOKUP, pivot tables and charts, including line charts, column charts and 3D column charts. You’ll learn how to enter and edit data and formulas. How to format text and numbers. How to filter and sort large tables of data and calculate totals.

Who is the target audience?

• This course is for absolute beginners, who would like to get the "gist" of Excel, and how it's used to analyze data.
• Take this course before an interview. Be prepared!
• Take this course before starting an office job. Before taking an accounting course. Be prepared!
• This course does NOT provide detailed examples of complex functions - it moves quickly to show the "context". It's to get you started.