The Microsoft Excel course exposes students to all available tools, commands, and Functions in the application. The training is carefully structured to take care of the learning needs of students, who are really yearning to know how to use Excel to carry out tasks in their workplaces. The course is also prepared to help regular users of the application who want to upgrade their knowledge and upskill.
The Intermediate topics capture the most frequently used command for day-to-day tasks. The Advanced level is also to help students learn the most advanced formulas, functions, and Tools. The advanced Excel training course builds on the intermediate course and is designed specifically for spreadsheet users who are already proficient and looking to take their skills to an advanced level.
The advanced Excel course will help you start a career in the area of data and financial analysis, especially in the following fields; investment banking, private equity, corporate development, and equity research. By watching the instructor build all the formulas and functions right on your screen, you can easily pause, replay, and repeat exercises until you have mastered them.
Who this course is for:
- Accountants, Financial Analysts, Data Analysts, Human Resource Managers, Project Managers, and Trainers
- Any person who desires to know Microsoft Excel and use it for Day-to-Day office Tasks.
- Regular Microsoft Excel users who seek an upgrade.
Goals
- Working with SUM, COUNT, MAX and MIN Functions
- Understand the POWER of SUMIF, SUMIFS, COUNTIF, COUNTIFS, VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH for Data and Financial Analysis
- Understand the Power of Data Analysis using Microsoft Excel Master and how to use PIVOT TABLE and PIVOT CHART to create Dynamic Reports and Charts
- Working with Images (Pictures, Shapes, Screenshots, and Smart Art objects) in Excel
- Using the SUBTOTAL tool for creating subtotal Calculation for grouped Items
- Working with Charts (Column, Pie, Bar, Line Chart, and a lot more). Editing Charts and working on Chart Designs
- Understand how to handle Large Data, Manipulate, summarize, and Generate Reports
- Understanding Project Evaluation Techniques using Financial Functions (PV, FV, NPV & IRR)
- Creating Sensitivity Analysis using the What-If-Analysis Tools (Goal Seek, Data Table, Solver, and Scenarios)
- Working with Logical Functions (IF, AND & OR, and NESTING the IF Functions)
- Combining Periodic or Regional Reports using Data Consolidation Tool
- Validating and Ensuring data entry correctness using the Data Validation Tools and Rules
- Creating a Simple Dashboard for Data Presentation
- Creating Links to Worksheets and external files using the Hyperlink Tool
- Working with Sparkline Chart tool for In-Cell Data Analysis and Presentation
- Introduction to Excel Macros and VBA Automation (Macros Recording, codes, User Form creation, VBA Controls and Objects)
- Case Study: Creating Income & Balance Statements from Raw data & Consolidating yearly reports.
- Working with Names and using names in Formulas
- Working with ranges and creating Tables from a range of data
- Understanding data protection in Excel
- Using the Collaboration tools (Comments & Workbook sharing)
- Working with Financial Function - PMT, PPMT & IPMT
- Working with DATE Functions (EOMONTH, TODAY, NOW, NETWORKDAYS, WORKDAY)
- Working with DATABASE Functions (DSUM, DCOUNT, DMIN, DMAX & DAVERAGE)
- Working with SORTING, FILTERING (AutoFilter, CustomFilter, etc), and Conditional Formatting Tools.
- Working with External Data (Learn how to input a Text File and Data Table from the Web into Excel)
- Working with Excel In-built Data Entry Form
- Performing Calculations and consolidating worksheets using 3D Formulas and Functions
Prerequisites
- This course was created using the Microsoft Excel 2016 version. However, participants with Versions 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Office 365 can participate conveniently.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required, as this course seeks to upgrade learners from beginner-level to advanced users.
- Students, more importantly, need the operational knowledge of a Computer System.