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Before
1 You Dive
Before
In You Dive In
1 How to Get the Most Out of This Course
2 Download Course Files
3 Course Outline for Quick Reference
Quick2Tour ofQuick
ExcelTour of Excel
1 Excel Workbook, Worksheet, Cell Structure
2 Quick Tour of Excel - Ribbon & Quick Access Toolbar
3 Customizing the Excel Interface
4 Summary: Important Points to Remember (Terminology & Shortcuts)
5 Quiz: Excel Fundamentals
& Hidden
3 Features
Data Input
to Save& Hidden
Time Features to Save Time
1 Overview - Data Input & Hidden Excel Features
2 Data Entry and Editing Excel Data
3 Basic Excel Formulas
4 Text to Speech (Hidden Excel Feature)
5 Correctly Input Dates and Time Stamps in Excel
6 Use Excel AutoFill To Do Your Work
7 Excel Flash Fill For Major Time Saving (Become Pro)
8 Custom Lists With AutoFill (Hidden Excel Feature)
9 Inputting & Editing Comments & Notes in Excel
10 Finding Excel Formulas & Input Cells with ONE Click (Become Pro)
11 Excel Data Validation to Reduce Time Checking Data
12 Adding Tool Tips (Screen Tips in Excel)
13 Learn to Work with Pictures, Shapes & Other Objects in Excel
14 Quiz: Data Input in Excel
15 Challenge: Data Manipulation & Preparation in Excel
16 Solution: Data Manipulation & Preparation
17 Summary: Key Excel Features to Impress & Save Time
Navigation,
4 Copying
Worksheet
and Protecting
Navigation, Copying and Protecting
1 Overview - Worksheet Navigation in Excel
2 Useful Excel Shortcuts for Navigation (Become Pro)
3 Copying, Moving & Hiding Worksheets
4 Freeze Panes (Lock Rows, Columns) & Split Screen for Long Excel Reports
5 Hide & Unhide, Insert, Adjust Columns & Rows in Excel
6 Copying and Pasting Data (Hidden Excel Paste Features)
7 Protecting Excel Worksheets & Specific Ranges
8 Challenge: Update & Protect Excel Report
9 Solution: Update & Protect Excel Report
10 Quiz: Worksheet Navigation
11 Summary: Important Worksheet Features & Excel Shortcuts
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to beFormulas
Aware of& What to be Aware of
1 Overview - Excel Formulas & What to be Aware of
2 How Excel Calculates - Order of Precedence
3 Simple but Useful Excel Formulas
4 Essential Excel Rule (Don't Skip!)
5 Absolute and Relative Cell Referencing in Excel
6 Improve Clarity with Range Names
7 Referencing other Workbooks or Worksheets
8 Circular References & How to Locate Them
9 Combine Values From Two or More Cells to ONE Cell
10 Challenge: Allocate Yearly Value Based on Percentages
11 Solution: Allocate Yearly Value Based on Percentages
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12 Quiz: Excel Formulas
13 Summary: Key Points when Writing Excel Formulas
tions (Everything
6 you need
Important to become
Excel Pro)
Functions (Everything you need to become Pro)
1 Overview & Finding Excel Functions from Insert Function
3 COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTBLANK
4 COUNT based on a Condition (COUNTIFS)
5 SUM & AVERAGE Functions in Excel
6 SUM by Criteria (SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS)
7 MAX & MIN (MAXIFS & MINIFS)
8 Rounding Values (ROUND, ROUNDUP & ROUNDOWN)
9 Essential Excel Date Functions
10 Time Calculations in Excel - Total Time Worked
11 Handling Excel Formula Errors
12 IF (Then, Else) Excel Function - Conditional Formulas
13 VLOOKUP Function - Lookup Values from Another Place
NEW 365 Functions: FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE, XLOOKUP & More
15 Challenge: How Good Are you with Excel Functions?
16 Solution: How Good Are you with Excel Functions?
17 Summary: Important Excel Functions
agement:7 Sorting,
DataFiltering
Cleaning& Replacing
& Management:
data Sorting, Filtering & Replacing data
1 Overview - Data Cleaning, Analysis & Management Tools in Excel
2 Sort Data (Organize & Create Order) in Excel
3 Unsort Data to Revert to Original Order
4 Add Subtotals to Sorted Data
5 Filter Data to Extract What you Need
6 Delete Blank or Empty Rows in Excel
7 Fill Empty Cells in One Go (Become Pro)
8 Remove Duplicates to Get a Unique List in Excel
9 Excel Find Feature, Select & Emphasize
10 Find and Replace Values & Formatting (Hidden Excel Feature)
11 Why Excel Tables Can be a Time Saver (Become Pro)
12 Challenge: Data Management in Excel
13 Solution: Data Management in Excel
14 Summary: Tools for Organizing, Cleaning & Managing Data in Excel
15 Special Message - You've Got This
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Number Formatting
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Conditional
Excel & Number Formatting in Excel
1 Overview - All About Formatting
2 Excel Formatting Tips - Alignment, Borders & More
3 Better Than Merge (Become Pro)
4 Justify Text Length (Hidden Excel Feature)
5 Excel Number Formatting Options (& Special Formatting)
6 Conditional Formatting (Top Bottom Analysis & More)
7 Icons & Data Bars with Conditional Formatting in Excel
8 Quiz: Excel Formatting
9 Challenge: Format Excel Report
10 Solution: Format Excel Report Challenge
11 Summary: Useful Excel Formatting Tools
g Excel9Files & Printing
Saving as
Excel
PDFFiles & Saving as PDF
1 Checklist Before Printing
2 Useful Printing Options in Excel
3 Adding Page Breaks & Printing Parts of a Sheet
4 Printing Large Datasets (Make sure you include this!)
5 Header & Footer in Excel (Logo, Page Numbers…)

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6 Saving Excel Files as PDF & Printing Many Sheets
7 Challenge: Prepare Excel Report for Printing
8 Solution: Prepare Excel Report for Printing
9 Summary: Excel Printing Checklist
rkbook10DesignWorkbook
PrinciplesDesign Principles
1 Good Spreadsheet Design Principles (with Examples)
2 Adding Hyperlinks (Plus a Smart Workaround) in Excel
3 Define Cell Styles & Set Defaults (e.g. for Excel Tables)
4 Excel Workbook Theme & Color to Save Time
5 Use Your Own Excel Templates
6 Quiz: Workbook Design
7 Summary: Excel Workbook Design Principles
orking11With Excel
Working
Charts With Excel Charts
1 Overview - Create Helpful Excel Charts
2 Excel Chart Basics for a Quick Start
3 Adding More Series to a Chart (Comparison Charts - Method 1)
4 Comparison Excel Charts - Actual & Variance (Method 2)
5 Combination Charts (Plus a Hidden Excel Feature)
6 Dynamic Chart Ranges with Excel Tables
7 Pareto & Histogram Excel Charts
8 Treemap Chart in Excel
9 Sunburst, Pie & Doughnut Excel Charts
10 Sparklines - Mini Excel Charts Inside Cells
11 Quiz: Excel Charts
12 Challenge: Treemap for Management Report
13 Solution: Treemap for Management Report
14 Summary: Working with Excel Charts
sights12with Excel
Quick
Pivot
Insights
Tableswith Excel Pivot Tables
1 Benefits of Excel Pivot Tables & Starting Checklist
2 Inserting a Pivot Table in Excel
3 Why You Should Use Tables as Pivot Source (Become Pro)
4 Sorting Pivot Data & Analyzing Multiple Items
5 Adding Calculations & Multiple Reports with Pivot Tables
6 Using Slicers & Timeline (Working with Dates) in Excel
7 Creating Pivot Charts
8 Pivot Tables or Formulas? When to Use What
9 Challenge: Excel Data Analysis with Pivot Tables
10 Solution: Excel Data Analysis with Pivot Tables
11 Summary: Important Pivot Table Features
ction 13
to PowerIntroduction
Query in Excel to Power Query in Excel
1 Power Query, Power Pivot & Power BI - When to use which?
Availability of Power Query / Get & Transform
3 Import Text File with Power Query
4 Merge data in Power Query (for Pivot Table)
5 Clean up (Very Messy) Excel Data (multiple headers, unpivot etc.)
6 Challenge: Data Cleanup with Power Query
7 Solution: Data Cleanup with Power Query
8 Summary: Key Takeaways Excel Power Query

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14 * NEW 365 Excel Functions: FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE, XLOOKUP & More
Excel Dynamic Arrays & New Functions in Microsoft 365
Availability of the New Excel Functions
Excel's New Calculation Engine: Spill Error and @(at) sign
Excel UNIQUE Function: Get List of Distinct Values
Excel SORT & SORTBY Functions
Excel FILTER Function: Return Multiple Match Results
Excel XLOOKUP Function: The New Power Lookup Function
Challenge: Get Total Salary by Division
Solution: Get Total Salary by Division
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Next Steps
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