Excel Boot Camp
Two Days of Intensive Excel Training
If you are ready for two days of intensive Excel training in a “laptop optional, laptop friendly” environment, then this course is for you. By using accounting-centric examples, developed for accountants, by accountants, Excel Boot Camp takes you through Excel from A to Z and shows you how to elevate your use of Excel to the next level.
In addition to long-standing features in Excel such as lookup functions, the Camera tool, and formatting options, this program will highlight the number of recent improvements to Excel including additions to the function library, tables, a vastly improved charting engine, and an overhaul of PivotTable functionality. You will also learn various techniques for enhancing, not only your efficiency, but also your effectiveness, when working with Excel by taking advantage of a wide variety of “power features” to assist you in creating accurate spreadsheets in a fraction of the time previously required.
In addition to long-standing features in Excel such as lookup functions, the Camera tool, and formatting options, this program will highlight the number of recent improvements to Excel including additions to the function library, tables, a vastly improved charting engine, and an overhaul of PivotTable functionality. You will also learn various techniques for enhancing, not only your efficiency, but also your effectiveness, when working with Excel by taking advantage of a wide variety of “power features” to assist you in creating accurate spreadsheets in a fraction of the time previously required.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
- Implement various tips, tricks, and techniques in Excel to address issues, such as formatting, AutoCorrect, handling dates and times, and selecting cells with special characteristics
- Utilize Excel’s formula-building tools
- Identify how and when Excel’s table feature should be used
- Create and audit complex formulas, including those containing arrays and SUMIFS, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, and MATCH functions
- List and apply various techniques for securing Excel workbooks
- Create charts in Excel that captivate audiences and communicate messages effectively
- List the six components of PivotTables and create PivotTables, including PivotTables that perform user-defined calculations
- Implement Excel’s Camera function to assist in creating custom reports
- Utilize Excel’s Macro Recorder tool to create simple, yet very useful, macros that you can put to work right away
Course Information
- CPE credit: Recommended for 14 hours
- Instructional delivery method: Group-live demonstration and discussion –laptop friendly, with access to demonstration files. The seminar material and presentation are designed for users of Excel for Windows.
- Prerequisites: Fundamental knowledge of Excel 2013 or newer
- Program level: Intermediate
- Advance preparation: None
- Who should participate: Excel users and potential Excel users who want to increase their efficiency and effectiveness with Excel.