Do you often work with data at work or frequently extract data to create reports to update your leaders? Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that allows you to make quick and accurate numerical calculations. You will appear more professional when you present formulated spreadsheets to highlight your key data narratives. ‘Microsoft Excel 2019 – Intermediate’ is a course that suitable for you if you are looking to explore more advanced features of Excel to increase your productivity while working with data.

Why is it so important to learn Excel? It is because almost every organization across all industries are using the Excel to boost their employees’ productivity and quality of work. Many different job roles require some form of Excel knowledge as Excel is one of the most indispensable data processing tools in the working world now.

So what are some applications of Excel? For example, businesses use Excel for the creation of financial reports. Manufacturing plants use Excel for statistical analysis on their inventory. Families use Excel to help manage their family expenses, investment portfolios and retirement savings projections. As you can see, Excel is an essential skill needed by everyone not only for work but also for their personal projects.

 If you are looking to deepen your Excel knowledge, our 2-day ‘Microsoft Excel 2019 – Intermediate’ course will teach you how to manage data ranges, protections, create tables and charts, insert formulas and functions, trace errors, manage names, and how to sort and filter data. In addition, you will learn how to create VLOOKUP formulas, IF functions and simple Pivot Tables to report or summarize your data for more impactful reporting.

No Assessment

2 days

14 hours, 9am-5pm

Essential Excel Fundamental

• What’s New in Excel 2019
• Understanding the Excel Program Screen
• Changing Excel’s Default Options
• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
• Entering Content Automatically
• Using Paste Options and Paste Special Commands
• Applying Conditional Formatting
• Creating and Managing Conditional Formatting Rules

Introduction to Functions and Formulas

• Overview of Formulas and Cell References
• Entering Formulas
• Absolute and Relative References
• Formulas with Multiple Operators
• Inserting and Editing a Function
• Cell and Range Names
• Displaying and Tracing Formulas
• Understanding Formula Errors
• Using Logical Functions
• Using Conditional Count, Sum and Average Functions
• Using Lookup Functions
• Using Database Functions

Managing Workbooks and Protections

• Splitting and Freezing a Window
• Working with Multiple Workbook Windows
• Protecting Workbooks
• Protecting a Workbook Structure
• Protecting Worksheets and Worksheet Elements

Working with Data Ranges

• Creating a Custom AutoFill List
• Creating a Custom Number Format
• Sorting by Multiple Columns and Custom List
• Filtering Data
• Creating a Custom AutoFilter
• Using an Advanced Filter

Working with Tables

• Creating a Table
• Adding and Removing Data
• Working with the Total Row
• Sorting a Table
• Filtering a Table
• Removing Duplicate Rows of Data
• Slicers
• Formatting the Table
• Summarizing a Table with a PivotTable
• Converting to a Range

Creating and Working with Charts

• Choosing and Selecting the Source Data
• Using Quick Analysis
• Choosing the Right Chart
• Inserting, Moving, Resizing and Deleting Chart
• Elements of a Chart
• Modifying Chart Data
• Changing Chart Data
• Filtering Chart
• Changing Chart Layout, Style and Colors
• Working with Chart Labels
• Changing Chart Gridlines
• Changing the Scale
• Emphasizing Data
• Changing Chart Type
• Using Sparklines