MS Excel: Tips and Tricks

This training is focused on tiny Excel features that can improve your work and help to do many things faster then others do. You will know hot-key combinations, how to copy, paste, move your data, generate new data, input restrictions on the cells content, use data entry forms, create lists, customize excel interface, perform quick analysis of your data, use advanced conditional formatting, create useful charts for dashboards, use traditional functions in unusual way and many, many more.

Participants are expected to demonstrate correct application of the advanced features of MS Excel and complete tasks independently.

1. Hot Keys (1 hour)

2. Manage workbooks & worksheets (2 hour):

− Excel Customization, windows positioning, workbook protection,

3. Entering data (1 hour):

− Clipboard, user form, data transformation (flash fill, text-to-columns), data consolidation, drop-down list

4. Formatting data (2 hour)

− Custom styles, formulas in conditional formatting, check list, autoformat, format painter

5. Formulas & functions (3 hours)

− COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, DSUM, DCOUNT, DAVERAGE, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, FILTER, SORT, SORTBY, UNIQUE, CHOOSECOLS, VSTACK, HSTACK, DATEDIF

6. Charts (3 hours)

− Pictograph Chart, Interactive charts, Waffle Chart, Speedometer, Thermometer, Plan-Fact Chart, Timeline, Forecast

7. Power Query Editor (3 hours)