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MS Excel Must Do's

This document provides an overview of topics covered in a course on Microsoft Excel from beginner to advanced levels for data analytics. The beginner section covers the basics of Excel including its interface, worksheets, formatting data, basic formulas and functions. The intermediate section goes deeper into formulas, formatting, linking sheets and pivot tables. The advanced section focuses on pivot tables, dashboards, VBA macros, and using Excel for statistical analysis and data analysis tools.

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MS Excel Must Do's

This document provides an overview of topics covered in a course on Microsoft Excel from beginner to advanced levels for data analytics. The beginner section covers the basics of Excel including its interface, worksheets, formatting data, basic formulas and functions. The intermediate section goes deeper into formulas, formatting, linking sheets and pivot tables. The advanced section focuses on pivot tables, dashboards, VBA macros, and using Excel for statistical analysis and data analysis tools.

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MICROSOFT EXCEL (Beginner to Advanced)

Essentials for Data Analytics


➢ Excel Beginners :
1) What is MS Excel? Why is it used for?
2) Know the differences b/w Spreadsheets and Database.
3) Power & Limitations of MS Excel.
4) Why Excel is Important for Data Analytics / Data Science and many more fields.

GETTING STARTED WITH MS EXCEL :


1) Getting Acquainted with the Interface.
2) Basic Terms and Terminologies – (Rows, Columns, Records, Fields cell etc)
3) Using Toolbar and Ribbon Menu
4) Understanding Workbook & Worksheets
5) Use Excel Help Freely!

GET ACQUAINTED WITH DATA


1) Different Data Types in Excel and their formatting.
2) Explore Data Entry, Editing and Autofill Options
3) Exploring formula Tab and other formatting options.
4) Handling Timestamp Data / Date Data in Excel

FORMULA AND FUNCTIONS


1) Using Simple Formulas (SUM, MAX, MIN, COUNT, MEDIAN, MODE etc)
2) Copying Formulas to adjacent cells, how to effectively copy
3) Types of Formula Referencing (Absolute Ref, Vertical Ref, Horizontal Ref)
4) Getting Acquainted with the formula bar for complex formulas.
5) Basics of XLookup Function

FORMATTING
1) Font Styles and effects / Border and Background Colours
2) Row, Columns width formattings
3) Rows & Columns – INSERT, DELETE, HIDE & UNHIDE
4) Moving, Copying and Inserting Data / Find & Replace Data

CHARTING
1) Types of chart and when they are used.
2) Creating Chart from Data
3) Exploring Charts Formatting
4) Select and Edit Data from a Chart

ADJUSTING WORKSHEETS VIEW


1) Freezing & Unfreezing Panes
2) Splitting Screens horizontally & vertically
3) Renaming, Inserting, deleting Sheets / Moving, Copying and grouping Sheets
BASIC DATA MANIPULATION
1) Sorting Data
2) Using Filters in Data
3) Formatting Data as Tables (Excel is not table!)

➢ Excel Intermediate

ADVANCED FORMULAs & FUNCTIONs


1) Displaying, Highlighting and Debugging Formulas
2) IF Statement & Nested IF Commands
3) Exploring VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, COUNTIF, SUMIF, AVERAGEIF, ROUND

ADVANCED FORMATTING
1) Adding Images and Editing them
2) Row, Columns and Sheets Adjustment / Alignment Tools

LINKING MULTIPLE SHEETS & EXCEL FILES


1) Relational Schemas for Spreadsheets
2) Connecting multiple sheets using H&V Lookup Commands
3) Using Formulas for connections.

➢ Advanced Excel

PIVOT TABLES
1) What is Pivot Table / Need for a pivot table
2) Creating Pivot Tables – How to use Pivot Fields
3) Exploring Pivot Fields Settings
4) Applying Formulas & Functions to Pivot Tables
5) Pivot Table Charting

EXCEL DASHBOARDS
1) Summarize Tables & Pivot Tables Data
2) Sparklines
3) Basic Cells linking

VBA & MACROS (Optional)


SOLVER PLUGIN

➢ EXCEL FOR ANALYTICS

STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS IN EXCEL


1) Basic Descriptive Stats Formulas – (STDEV.S, STDEV.P, MEDIAN, MODE, RANGE etc)
2) Normal Distribution, T Distribution, etc Formulas (NORM.DIST, NORM.INV etc)
3) Correlations & CoVariance Formulas

DATA ANALYSIS TOOLPACK


1) Getting Acquainted with Analytics Tools – (Regression, Correl, Covariance, T-Tests Moving
Averages etc)

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