The Training Place

Dates: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20  9 am - 12 pm

Laptops provided

In MS Excel BASIC topic areas including getting started with terms and navigating a spreadsheet, entry and editing data a beginning modification to spreadsheets are covered. Upon completion, attendees will be able to: 

• Define a spreadsheet and identify spreadsheet components
• Identify the main components of the excel window
• Open and navigate workbooks
• Create a workbook from a template
• Enter and edit text and values in a worksheet
• Enter and edit formulas in a worksheet
• Save and update a workbook, and save a workbook in a different file format
• Move and copy data in a worksheet
• Move, copy, and view formulas in a worksheet
• Use absolute references in formulas
• Insert and delete ranges, rose, and columns in a worksheet

• Apply the SUM function to calculate the sum of values
• use the AutoSum to enter some functions
• Use the AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, COUNT, and COUNTA functions to find average, minimum, and maximum values, and the count of cells in a range
• Apply text formatting
• Customize column widths, row heights, and alignment, and apply color and border formatting
• Format values as currency, percentages, and ordinary numbers
• Apply conditional formatting based on specific criteria
• Copy formatting, apply cell styles, and use Find and Replace to update the formatting for specific content

• Create charts based on worksheet data, and move charts within a workbook
• Customize charts and format chart elements
• Insert a picture into a worksheet
• use graphics as conditional formatting to represent cell data
• insert and modify SmartArt graphics
• Preview how a worksheet will look when printed, use the spelling checker, and use find and replace to update data
• set page orientation, scaling, and margins, and create headers and footers
• print a worksheet and a selected range