Excel
- How Excel works, how to navigate and design a spreadsheet.
- The most popular formulas including IF, VLOOKUP, COUNT, SUM, SUMIF.
- To use PivotTables, Pivot Charts and basic Macros.
- To create beautiful looking graphs and charts.
- Formatting, including; conditional, cell and number formatting.
- How to print what you actually want.
Advanced Excel
- To use advanced graphs and presentation techniques
- How macros and VBA automate your spreadsheets and increase interactivity
- How superpower functions can solve complex problems
- To use PivotTables and PowerPivots to turn raw data into clear information that supports key decisions
Excel Syllabus:
Section 1: Foundation
Unit 1.1 - Excel Introduction
Unit 1.2 - The Excel Interface
Unit 1.3 - Basic Navigation and Editing
Unit 1.4 - Getting Going
Section 2: Orientation & efficiency
Unit 2.1 - Editing
Unit 2.2 - Viewing
Unit 2.3 - Spreadsheet Structure
Unit 2.4 - Cell References
Unit 2.5 - Named Ranges
Unit 2.6 - Basic Macros
Unit 2.7 - Design
Section 3: Administration
Unit 3.1 - Customising Excel
Unit 3.2 - Housekeeping
Unit 3.3 - Connecting Workbooks
Unit 3.4 - Documentation
Unit 3.5 - Protecting and Sharing
Unit 3.6 - Google Docs
Unit 3.7 - Excel Troubleshooting
Section 4: Data Handling
Unit 4.1 - Sorting and Filtering
Unit 4.2 - Controlling User Input
Unit 4.3 - Working with Dates & Times
Unit 4.4 - Working with Text
Unit 4.5 - Lookup and Reference
Unit 4.6 - Logical Functions
Section 5: Data Analysis
Unit 5.1 - Working with Numbers
Unit 5.2 - Summarising Data
Unit 5.3 - PivotTables 1 - Simple Summaries
Unit 5.4 - PivotTables 2 - Manipulating Data
Unit 5.5 - PivotTables 3 - Interpreting Data
Unit 5.6 - PowerPivot: Handling Big Data
Unit 5.7 - Formula Auditing
Unit 5.8 - Advanced Macros and VBA
Unit 5.9 - Modelling
Section 6: Presentation
Unit 6.1 - Cell Formatting
Unit 6.2 - Number Formatting
Unit 6.3 - Conditional Formatting
Unit 6.4 - Graphs and Charts
Unit 6.5 – Page and print setup
Advanced Excel Syllabus:
Section 1: Design and Risk
Unit 1.1 - Templates
Unit 1.2 - Efficiency and Risk
Unit 1.3 - Data Validation
Section 2: Advanced Techniques
Unit 2.1 - Functions and Superpowers
Unit 2.2 - Array Formulae
Unit 2.3 - Tables
Unit 2.4 - Advanced Range Names
Unit 2.5 - What If?
Unit 2.6 - Problem Solving?
Section 3: Excel Interactivity
Unit 3.1 - Form Controls
Unit 3.2 - Visual Basic and Macros
Section 4: Spreadsheet Impact
Unit 4.1 - Practical Interactivity with VBA
Unit 4.2 - Conditional Formatting
Unit 4.3 - Charts that Inspire
Unit 4.4 - Sparklines
Unit 4.5 - Graphics Tricks and Techniques
Unit 4.6 - Working with External Data
Section 5: Turning Data into Decisions
Unit 5.1 - Advanced Uses of PivotTables
Unit 5.2 - PowerPivot
Unit 5.3 - Reporting with PowerPivot
