Excel 2013 – Level 1
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Course Code:
DT301 -
Course Duration:
1 Day -
Course Price:
$395.00 -
Availability:
Call/Email to register interest
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Overview & ObjectivesOpen or Close
This entry level course introduces learners to Excel spreadsheets and their use in business. The course covers some key spreadsheet concepts and how to use the basic tools in Excel to develop and present professional spreadsheets.
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Skills GainedOpen or Close
- Start and explore Excel
- Navigate around the workbook
- Enter and edit data
- Use simple formulas
- Manipulate data
- Format data
- Preview and print data
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Course ModulesOpen or Close
- Why Use Excel?
- Starting Excel
- The Microsoft Excel window
- Title Bar and the Ribbon
- Workbooks and worksheets
- Worksheet Tabs
- The active cell
- Status bar
- Shortcut menus
- Changing view settings
- Customising the Quick Access Toolbar
- Using Help
- Working with Excel files
- Exploring Excel
- Moving around the worksheet using the
- mouse and keyboard
- Moving to other worksheets using the
- mouse and keyboard
- Switching between open workbooks
- using the mouse and the keyboard
- Arranging workbooks
- Using Ribbon Key Tips
- Selecting cells
- Mouse pointer shapes
- Using the mouse to select cells
- Selecting non-adjacent ranges
- Using the keyboard to select cells
- Navigating the workbook
- Entering data
- Worksheet data types
- Methods for entering data
- Entering data in a new workbook
- Changing column widths and
- rowheights
- Using AutoFit to change column widths
- Editing data
- Deleting data
- Replacing cell contents
- Deleting and replacing data
- Modifying existing data in edit mode
- Entering edit mode
- Using the keyboard in edit mode
- The Undo and Redo commands
- Using the Spell Checker
- AutoFill and Flash Fill
- The Fill Handle
- Filling a data series
- Filling numbers
- Using Flash Fill to split a column of
- data into two
- AutoComplete
- Entering and editing data
- Formulas
- Creating a manual formula
- SUM function
- AutoSum button
- Using Extended AutoSum
- Inserting rows and columns
- Copy formulas with AutoFill
- The BEDMAS rule
- Entering percentages using formatting
- An introduction to formulas
- Moving data
- Cut and Paste
- Moving data using drag and drop
- Copying data
- Paste Options Smart Tag
- Copying using drag and drop
- The Office Clipboard
- Moving or copying worksheets
- Copying a worksheet using click & drag
- Copying worksheets to other workbooks
- Changing worksheets
- Renaming worksheets
- Deleting worksheets
- Inserting worksheets
- Manipulating data
- Formatting numbers
- The Format Cells Dialog Box
- Formatting dates
- Formatting text
- Applying formatting to text
- The Format Painter
- Aligning text
- Centre alignment
- Merging and centering cells
- Text orientation
- Indenting text
- Cell Styles
- F4 key
- Coloured worksheet tabs
- Formatting data
- Print Previewing workbooks
- Printing multiple copies
- Printing a specific worksheet page
- Changing the page orientation
- Scaling
- Printing row or column headings
- Repeating row headings on every page
- Page Break Preview
- Inserting and removing page breaks
- Changing page breaks
- Grouping worksheets
- Headers and Footers
- Modifying a Header/Footer
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PrerequisitesOpen or Close
This course suits people getting started with Excel with little or no Excel knowledge, skills or training and who need to use Excel spreadsheets created by other people. Learners will create, edit, format and print simple spreadsheets with basic formulas