Excel 2007: Advanced Part 1 PrerequisitesNew
Description
This course which is a follow up from the Excel Further Use course, covers some more advanced features of Excel 2007. The course will be taught using Excel 2007 on PCs (Windows XP) but Macintosh users of Excel 2008 should also find it useful.
Prerequisites
This course is intended for those already familiar and confident with using Excel features, such as those covered in the Excel Introduction and Excel Further Use courses. It is expected that course attendees will have attended these courses or have equivalent knowledge.
Topics covered
Excel Advanced Part 1
- Labels and Names
- Information Functions
- Lookup Functions
- Formula Techniques
- Summarising Data
- Data Consolidation
- Validating Data
- Conditional Formatting
Topics covered
Excel Advanced Part 2
- Goal Seek
- Scenarios
- PivotTables
- PivotTable Techniques
- PivotCharts
- Recording Macros
Format
Presentations, demonstrations and practicals
System requirements
Excel 2007 on PWF Windows
Notes
- The course does NOT include writing macros using VBA - see the course Excel Programming Using VBA).
- Please bring a memory stick if you wish to take away the exercise files; alternatively they can be downloaded from http://www-tus.csx.cam.ac.uk/courses/files/
- There are also Excel self-taught courses available for loan from the Computing Service.
Duration
One half day session
Events available