In this course, you will learn the importance of producing spreadsheets that are structured and formatted correctly.  By utilising these principles you will then be able to create spreadsheets that are easier to interpret, analyse and present.  By attending this course, you will then be able to build on these foundations to be able to use the more advanced functions of Microsoft Excel.
 

Learning Outcomes:
 

At the completion of this course you should be able to:

• Make changes to data in a workbook
• Understand and work with ranges in a worksheet
• Use the fill operations available to fill a data series
• Understand, create and work with basic formulas and functions used to perform calculations (In preparation for the Microsoft Excel Calculations Course)
• Format rows and columns in a worksheet
• Understand and use formatting features
• Printing and Page Setup including repeating titles, headers and footers, printable area etc. 
• Create a bar chart (In preparation for the Microsoft Excel Charts Course)
  
• Manage "long" spreadsheets including page breaks, freeze panes and split windows.

 

Pre-Requisites:

This course assumes some knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

If you need help with these skills or are worried in any way whether this is the right course for you please book a place on the Supported IT Self-Study course where you can discuss your requirements and choose the courses you need.

 

Process:

Course Leader input, demonstrations and hands-on practical sessions.

Pre-Requisites The class training manuals are for REFERENCE ONLY and must not be removed or defaced. You can download or print this manual and bring it with you to the training course.

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