Microsoft Excel – Advanced Course - CPD Accredited

Microsoft Excel Advanced Course - CPD Certified

The MS Excel Advanced Course follows on from our Microsoft Excel Beginners and Intermediate Courses.

The MS Excel Advanced Course is the longest and the most comprehensive of the three Excel courses presented here. However, if you have successfully passed the beginner and the intermediate courses, you should consider yourself fully prepared to begin the advanced course.

Formulas, or functions, are what advanced users of Excel want from this tool. When one uses formulas, not only can they see the data they require for their work, they can also analyse it and get answers to very complex questions. Though any person with a small amount of Excel knowledge can use formulas, such as SUM, a user who has advanced Excel skills will use other formulas, both alone and combined, such as MATCH, INDEX, DSUM and VLOOKUP. In addition to knowing these formulas, those who are advanced users of Excel know how to debug these formulas, how to audit them, and how to choose the perfect formula for the occasion.

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What you will learn

Some of the concepts that you will learn in the MS Excel Advance Course include the following:

• VLOOKUP Advanced formula options and manipulations
• Other advanced functions including OR, AND, CHOOSE, INDIRECT, REPLACE, LEN, LEFT, FIND
• Functions including CEILING, CORREL, DATEDIF, DATEVALUE, DAVERAGE and EDATE
• Colouring a column and row with a formula
• Highlighting a cell with a formula
• Functions including ISODD, ISNUMBER, ISTEXT, ISLOGICAL, ISNONTEXT, ISERR and ISBLANK
• Functions including DGET, DMAX, DPRODUCT, DCOUNTA, DCOUNT and DSUM
• How to calculate depreciation in Excel, including SLN depreciation and SYD depreciation
• Calculating loan IPMT and EMI
• Functions including DATEDIF, DATEVALUE, EDATE, EOMONTH, MATCH and INDEX
• Full explanation of the INDEX and MATCH functions, covering several modules
• Looking up data
• Selecting only cells containing comments
• Hiding formulas
• Automatically inserting serial numbers

As you can see, the information you will get from the MS Excel Advanced Course will fully prepare you for virtually any career path, including those that require advanced skills with this software. Once you complete the advanced course, you will have access to the full functionality of Excel, and will know how to use all formulas, functions, and capabilities. Though this course is the longest and most involved of the three, once you complete it, you will have the knowledge and skills that most can only dream of.

This course opens with a focus on the VLOOKUP formula, and several modules teach students how to use this function in their work. The course continues with modules on the OR and AND commands, and then focuses on other functions, such as REPLACE, LEN, LEFT and FIND.

You will also learn about calculating depreciation, calculating interest, and even calculating IPMT and EMI for loans, all by using Excel functions. Additionally, the course features information on INDEX and MATCH functions, which is extremely important in certain industries and positions. The course also shows students how to use the CHOOSE formula, and how to create special charts. Finally, the course will show how to automatically enter serial numbers and perform extremely advanced functions.

The advanced Excel course is designed for power users. The general population would not use the information contained within this course, but there are some features taught in the advanced course that can make your Excel usage easier. However, it is recommended that those who take this Excel course continue with the advanced course for a number of reasons. First, getting more knowledge about Excel can help you to master the beginner and intermediate concepts. Additionally, no one has ever lost anything by having more knowledge. You might find that knowing this information will help you in the future, too, as you never know when the organisation you work for might require the services of an Excel expert. These people are paid quite well, and are an invaluable addition to most companies.

Too many people believe that advanced Excel concepts are only useful for those who are interested in programming or concepts such as financial modelling. This, however, is not totally true. The actual truth is that the information contained within this course could be the key to your next promotion or your next job.

Course Modules/Lessons

Module 1: Add a Password

Module 2 : AND Function

Module 3 : Auto Updating Drop-down Lists

Module 4 : CEILING Formula

Module 5 : Charts that Update Automatically

Module 6 : CHOOSE Formula

Module 7 : Compare 2 Lists with VLOOKUP Function

Module 8 : CORREL Function

Module 9 : Create an Advanced Calculator

Module 10 : Create a Combo Chart

Module 11 : Create a Custom Tab

Module 12 : Create a Pivot Chart

Module 13 : Create Visual In-cell Indicators

Module 14 : Create Visual In-cell Indicators with Icon Sets

Module 15: Customise the Status Bar

Module 16: DATEDIF Function

Module 17: DATEVALUE Function

Module 18: DAVERAGE Function

Module 19 : DCOUNT Function

Module 20 : DCOUNTA Function

Module 21 : Depreciation Formula

Module 22 : DGET Function

Module 23 : DMAX Function

Module 24 : DPRODUCT

Module 25: DSUM Function

Module 26: EDATE Function

Module 27: EOMONTH Function

Module 28: Find and Replace

Module 29: FIND Function

Module 30: INDEX Function

Module 31: Index and Match Formula

Module 32: Indirect Formula

Module 33: Insert Serial Number Automatically

Module 34: IPMT Formula

Module 35: Isblank Formula

Module 36: Iserr Formula

Module 37: Islogial Formula

Module 38: Isnon Text Formula

Module 39: IsNumber Formula

Module 40: Isodd Formula

Module 41: Isolate First Name

Module 42: ISTEXT Formula

Module 43: Left Formula

Module 44: Len Formula

Module 45: Match Formula

Module 46: Vlookup Multiple Results at Once

Module 47: OR Formula

Module 48: PMT Formula

Module 49: Replace Formula

Module 50: Select all Cells with Comments

Module 51: Sparkline Charts in Excel

Module 52: Straight Line Depreciation

Module 53: Strikethrough

Module 54: Sum of Years Depreciation

Module 55: Timeline in Pivot Table

Module 56: Vlookup with 2 Criteria

Module 57: Vlookup with DropDown List

Module 58: Vlookup with Max

Module 59: Vlookup with Min

Module 60: Watch Window In Excel

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Testimonial

Adam Cassidy – Rhyl

This has helped massively

After studying towards a law degree, I realised I had a passion for accounts but only had limited experience in this area. I had used excel plenty of times but had realised I needed to have advanced skills and be able to show this if required, in order to make a move into accountancy.

This has helped massively and taught me a lot of new skills when dealing with situations in this field. Along with a SAGE learning program I also took, has given me broad knowledge and experience that will allow me to jump into an accounts position and hit the ground running.

Our Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices. Now more than ever people are using the internet while on the move so our course has been designed to be fully compatible on tablets and smartphones so you can access your course on wifi, 3G or 4G.

There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

All tests are online and are taken either during or after the course, these are included in the price.

Having excel qualifications will open you up to multiple sectors such as Business & Management , Admin, Accountancy & Finance, Secretarial & PA