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Microsoft Excel Essentials Level 2 - Intermediate & Advanced

Excel: From User To Super-User - Use Excel Like The Pro's, Easily, And Step-By-Step - Excel 2010 Excel 2013 Excel 2016


A. G. Jarvis Limited

Summary

Price
£15 inc VAT
Study method
Online, On Demand What's this?
Duration
9.3 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed Courses Certificate of Completion - Free

Overview

So, you have an understanding of the basics, but would you like to use Excel like the professionals? If so, read on…

For students who have already completed Level 1 in this series, or already have a good basic understanding of Excel, what you will learn in this course will supercharge your skills... and your career.

What you'll learn in this Level 2 Microsoft Excel course:

  • To Use Excel Like The Professionals
  • Build FIVE Powerful Advanced Excel Projects From Scratch
  • Create a fully functioning relational database using Excel
  • Create a simple data entry screen to auto-populate complex templates
  • Exploit Excel's built in advanced functions to do things "regular" users think are impossible!
  • Build Gantt charts in Excel for project planning
  • And Get Streets Ahead Of Your Competition

Certificates

Reed Courses Certificate of Completion

Digital certificate - Included

Will be downloadable when all lectures have been completed.

Curriculum

8
sections
100
lectures
9h 19m
total
    • 2: Proof Of Concept Preview 04:49
    • 3: Planning Ahead 02:13
    • 4: Creating Our Data Entry Screen 04:08
    • 5: (Custom) Formatting Dates And Time 06:02
    • 6: Simple Calculations With Time 02:35
    • 7: More (Useful) Calculations With Time 08:06
    • 8: It's About Time (And Dates) 08:28
    • 9: Adding With Time 03:39
    • 10: Creating A Template From An Image 11:34
    • 11: Importing A Template From An Existing Excel File 02:21
    • 12: Converting Time To A Decimal 05:41
    • 13: A Little Bit Of Simple Data Entry 03:11
    • 14: Simple Conditional Formatting For A Cleaner View 04:42
    • 15: Calculating Time Out Of House Using Travel Time 04:46
    • 16: Simple Logical Testing And Nested Logical Testing 08:28
    • 17: Building Text Strings With A Formula 12:10
    • 18: Before We Move On...Accessing The Developer Ribbon 01:05
    • 19: A Tick Box Exercise (Of Sorts) 07:11
    • 20: Auto-populating Check Boxes 11:48
    • 21: Radio Buttons as an Alternative to Check Boxes 13:25
    • 22: PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 - Time To Add A New Entry 01:40
    • 23: Defining A Working Area, And Protecting Your Work 04:40
    • 24: PRACTICE EXERCISE 2 - Set Up A Working Area, And Limit User Entry 01:06
    • 25: Simple VLOOKUPs 04:16
    • 26: Step 1 - Get Some Data In, And Split It 03:54
    • 27: Using Data Validation To Get The Right Input 03:47
    • 28: Let's Build Our Database! 06:12
    • 29: Importing Data From A Text File 02:01
    • 30: Importing Data From A Word File 02:37
    • 31: Pulling Data From Multiple Sources 03:33
    • 32: Using OTHER Look-Ups To Look Up! 05:25
    • 33: LOOKUP From A LOOKUP With No Intermediary Step 02:19
    • 34: Data Arrays Don't Have To Start At A1 02:58
    • 35: Some Common Reasons VLOOKUPs Fail 06:02
    • 36: One Inherent Flaw In VLOOKUP 01:10
    • 37: POWER USER - A Breakdown Of Looking Up Backwards 06:44
    • 38: The Other Way Of Looking Up Backwards 06:49
    • 39: Backwards Look-Ups In Action 03:47
    • 40: POWER USER - Dealing With Inconsistencies In User Entry 08:19
    • 41: POWER USER - Fuzzy VLOOKUPs 03:33
    • 42: POWER USER - VLOOKUPs With Multiple Inputs 09:39
    • 43: POWER USER - Looking Up Multiple Inputs Using An Array Formula 04:45
    • 44: VLOOKUP's Brother...HLOOKUP 05:04
    • 45: POWER USER - Holy Grail - Returning Multiple Values From A Single LOOKUP 13:33
    • 46: What To Look For When THAT Formula Didn't Work 04:05
    • 47: The Fastest Way To Modify Your Column Numbers 07:24
    • 48: POWER USER - VLOOKUPs With Moving Columns 03:05
    • 49: Putting It All Together 09:52
    • 50: The Finishing Touch - How Many Records Did I Find 04:28
    • 51: A Simple Static Named Range Using A Single Cell 03:44
    • 52: Creating A Named Range Using A Range Of Cells 02:53
    • 53: Using Row Labels To Name Multiple Ranges 02:34
    • 54: POWER USER - A Magic Trick Using Row And Column Labels 04:55
    • 55: POWER USER - Dynamic Named Ranges 08:06
    • 56: POWER USER - What To Do With Dynamic Names Ranges With Titles 05:22
    • 57: POWER USER - Dynamic Charts 10:27
    • 58: Horizontal Dynamic Named Ranges 11:09
    • 59: What This Project is ACTUALLY Used For! Preview 01:25
    • 60: Hyperlinking To A Different Sheet In The Same Workbook 03:32
    • 61: Creating Our First Macro 05:37
    • 62: Assigning A Macro To A Button 04:13
    • 63: Creating A List For Our Dropdown Using A Dynamic Named Range 01:39
    • 64: Using A Conditional Format To Know When A Value Is Missing 04:34
    • 65: Copying Conditional Formats And Creating Our Drop-Downs 02:50
    • 66: Building Our Formula...INDIRECT Function 02:55
    • 67: Building Strings For Indirect Sheet And Cell References 07:16
    • 68: It's A One Or A Zero 02:35
    • 69: Working The Percentages And Adding Traffic Lights 04:06
    • 70: POWER USER - The HYPERLINK Function (And Problem) 03:16
    • 71: PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 - Fill In The Blanks 00:59
    • 72: PRACTICE EXERCISE 2 - Pretty It Up (With A Macro) 01:45
    • 73: PRACTICE EXERCISE 3 - Create A VLOOKUP Using A Built String With INDIRECT 02:13
    • 74: Creating A Gantt Chart Using A Worksheet 07:39
    • 75: Building The First Part Of Our Logical Test 04:20
    • 76: Multiple Logical Tests At Once Using AND 08:28
    • 77: Conditional Formatting...Where The Magic Happens 05:32
    • 78: Gantt Charts Using The Built In Charting Tools 04:51
    • 79: Gantt Charts With Different Colors For Different Criteria 07:47
    • 80: Bonus - How I Created Randomly Generated License Plate Numbers! 07:14
    • 81: Level 2 SQA 01 - Calls Text Data - Or How To Return a Column Title If Value is 1 06:42
    • 82: Level 2 SQA 02 - Calls Text Data 2 - This Time Using Text! 09:02
    • 83: Level 2 SQA 03 - Extracting Phone Numbers From A Cell 02:39
    • 84: Level 2 SQA 04 - What Is The CHOOSE Function Really Used For 14:47
    • 85: Level 2 SQA 05 - Casing And Text Functions 06:35
    • 86: Level 2 SQA 06 - Dynamic Charting From A Drop Down 10:02
    • 87: Level 2 SQA 07 - Extracting a Unique List, And Summing The Money! 02:25
    • 88: Level 2 SQA 08 - SUMIF With Dynamic Sum Range 05:55
    • 89: Level 2 SQA 09 - VLOOKUPs With Pictures! 04:30
    • 90: Level 2 SQA 10 - Data Validation With Dependent Dropdowns 03:42
    • 91: Level 2 SQA 11- Data Validation With Dependent Dropdowns (Dynamic Named Range Wo 08:30
    • 92: Level 2 SQA 12 - Kinda A Vlookup From 2 Drop-down Lists 06:47
    • 93: Level 2 SQA 13 - Tiered Pricing 09:00
    • 94: Level 2 SQA 14 - Worksheet Protection 04:39
    • 95: Level 2 SQA 15 - The Middle Name Problem...and Solution! 09:03
    • 96: Level 2 SQA 16 - Finding Matches, And Counting Entries 08:06
    • 97: Level 2 SQA 17 - Fee Calculator, or LOOKUPs That Are True, Not False 05:42
    • 98: Level 2 SQA 18 - The IF(s) Functions 06:01
    • 99: Level 2 SQA 19 - Drop Down List, Shifting Ranges 06:07
    • 100: Level 2 SQA 20 - Dynamic Calculations From Another Sheet 12:46

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Description

You will learn powerful and little known techniques to enable you to build your own powerful spreadsheet solutions. We will do this by creating multiple projects together, step-by-step, and in depth to guarantee your understanding. Each project builds on the last, so your skills develop cumulatively.

You will learn how to combine multiple functions in a simple way to create powerful solutions that most users believe can't be done in Excel!

Each project in the course is designed to introduce a range of concepts that showcase the true power of Excel, and show you what is really possible.

In project one:

  • The fastest way to create powerful dynamic templates (by cheating!)

  • Custom formatting

  • Manipulating calculations with time and dates

  • Conditional formatting

  • Simple and nested logical testing

  • Building complex and dynamic text strings

  • ActiveX controls (and how to customize them)

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“AMAZING - I love the course, and I love the teaching style. If you want to be a super user, get this course!”Beatrice

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In project two:

  • Building a fully functional complex relational database

  • A Masterclass in Vlookups (WAY beyond the basics here!)

  • Importing data from multiple sources

  • Controlling user entry

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“Fantastic Course - Alan breaks everything down in to simple steps, so you can actually follow it and understand how it all fits together. Can't wait to try some of this out”Nickie Student

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In project three:

  • Creating named ranges (and why you would want to)

  • Building dynamic named ranges

  • Getting Excel to create them for you!

  • A powerful trick very few users know about!

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“…this course contributes extra features to Level 1 in such a way as to improve the quality of your learning. I will recommend it again for sure :-)” – Alex

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In project four:

  • Hyperlinking (so it ALWAYS works!)

  • Creating Macros, and using them to automate your work!

  • Executing Macros from buttons

  • Dropdown lists

  • Building dynamic formulas using Excel’s Indirect function

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In project five:

  • Project management made simple with Gantt charting!

  • Have your chart timeline ALWAYS begin at the best date

  • Nesting multiple logical tests (simply!)

  • Making your timeline completely dynamic by changing a single cell!

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Become the Excel guru I know you can be, with the help of this course!

Enroll now, and I’ll see you in the course!

Alan

Who is this course for?

This course is for those who have completed Level 1

Have a working knowledge of Excel

Those wanting to take their skills to the next level

Requirements

An understanding of the basics of Excel

All you need is a PC, a copy of Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 or 365, and a willingness to learn!

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