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Microsoft Excel 2002 Advanced

Details

Time: 09:00 to 16:00
Venue: AP Courses Training Room
Cost: £245
Included in the price: Learning manual for the course; lunch, refreshments and post-course support

Course Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 Advanced is designed for users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the software.  The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Excel 2002 Advanced are sufficient to be able to use and operate the software at a proficient level.

Course Design

The course is a full-day tutor-led course that combines tutoring and practical work.

Target Audience

Microsoft Excel 2002 Advanced assumes that you are familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and should be comfortable in the Windows operating system environment.  This course is intended for persons pursuing Microsoft Office Specialist Certification in Microsoft Excel 2002 or an employment that involves using Microsoft Excel to create and insert charts, create and insert pivot tables, functions and formulas, filter data and format appearance spreadsheets and cells.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of Microsoft Excel 2002 Advanced you should be able to:

  • nest functions to create complex formulas
  • use advanced filters to analyse data in a list
  • use a variety of data validation techniques
  • use goal seeking to determine the values required to reach the desired result
  • create, use and modify data tables
  • create and work with scenarios and the Scenario Manager
  • create, modify and work with PivotTables
  • use linking to create more efficient workbooks
  • combine data in separate worksheets or workbooks using consolidation
  • publish workbooks and worksheets for the web
  • summarise data using subtotals and relative range naming
  • confidently open workbooks that contain macros
  • create recorded macros in Excel
  • use the macro recorder to create a variety of macros
     

Course Content

Nesting functions

  • Scoping a formula
  • Developing, creating and editing a formula
  • Concatenation

Advanced Filters

  • Advanced filter concepts
  • Extracting records with advanced filters
  • Using formulas in criteria
  • Using database functions

Validations

  • Validation techniques
  • Data validation by number range
  • Testing data validation
  • Input messages
  • Creating error alerts
  • Creating drop down lists
  • Using formulas and validation criteria
  • Create custom validation
  • Number formats with built in logic
  • Conditional formatting
  • Copying data validation settings

Goal Seeking

  • Goal seek components
  • Using goal seek

Data Tables

  • Using a simple ’what-if’ model
  • Creating A one-variable table
  • Using one variable data tables
  • Creating a two-variable data table

Scenarios

  • Creating scenarios
  • Using names in scenarios
  • Displaying scenarios
  • Creating a scenario summary report
  • Merging scenarios

Pivot Tables

  • Pivot table history
  • Creating a simple pivot chart
  • Adding row fields to a pivot table
  • Using the page field in pivot table
  • Filtering row and column values
  • Formatting a pivot table
  • Counting with pivot tables
  • Pivot table and summary and display options
  • Calculated items in pivot tables
  • Creating a pivot chart
  • Modifying a pivot chart via the pivot table

Linking Workbooks

  • Linking data in excel
  • Linking within a workbook
  • Linking between workbooks
  • Updating links between workbooks

Consolidation

  • Consolidating data with the same and different layouts
  • Consolidating data using a pivot table

Excel on the Web

  • Previewing workbooks as web pages
  • Publishing a static worksheet
  • Adding to an existing webpage
  • Publishing an interactive web page

Summarising Data

  • Creating subtotals
  • Using a subtotaled worksheet
  • Creating nested subtotals
  • Copying subtotals
  • Using sub totals with auto filter
  • Installing and using the conditional sum wizard
  • Creating relative names for subtotals
  • Using relative names for subtotals

Macro Virus Control

  • Opening workbooks with macros
  • Setting macro security levels
  • Trusting sources
  • Creating a digital signature
  • Removing a trusted source

Recorded Macros

  • Setting macro security levels
  • Recording a simple macro
  • Running a recorded macro
  • Relative cell references
  • Running a macro with relative references
  • Viewing a macro module
  • Modifying a recorded macro

Recorded Workshops

  • Preparing data for an application
  • Recording a summation macro
  • Recording consolidations
  • Recording divisional macros
  • Testing macros
  • Creating objects to run macros
  • Assigning a macro to an object