This training demystifies formulas and some of the most challenging of the nearly 400 functions in Excel and shows how to put them to their best use. The course reviews the building-block functions, along with a few critical keyboard shortcuts that will speed up working with Excel data. It also covers on how to tabulate data with counting, statistical, and math functions, reformat data with text functions, and work with financial data using advanced formulas.
Course Duration
1 Day
Who Should Attend This Course?
This course assumes a sound knowledge of the basic and intermediate features of Excel.
What Will You Learn?
By the end of this course participants should be able to:
Create Formulas
Apply formulas to perform basic calculation
Use Functions to carry out complex calculation
Work with IF and Related Functions, Power Functions, Statistical Functions, Date Functions, Math Functions, and Lookup Functions
Programme Outline
FORMULA AND FUNCTION TIPS AND SHORTCUTS
Using the entire row/column references
Copying column formulas instantly
Converting formulas to values with a simple drag
3D formulas to gather data from multiple sheets
Updating values without formulas
Displaying and highlighting formulas
Simplifying debugging formulas
Enhancing readability with range names
FORMULA AND FUNCTION TOOLS
Reviewing function basics
Using and extending AutoSum
Absolute and relative references
Mixed references
IF AND RELATED FUNCTIONS
IF logical tests and using operators
Nested IF statements
Using the AND, OR, and NOT functions with IF
POWER FUNCTIONS
Tabulating information on a single criterion – COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
Tabulating information on multiple criteria – COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, and AVERAGEIFS
STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS
Finding the middle value – MEDIAN
Ranking data without sorting – RANK
Finding the magnitude data – LARGE and SMALL
Tabulating blank cells – COUNTBLANK
DATE FUNCTIONS
Excel date/time capabilities in formulas
Identifying the day of the week – WEEKDAY
Counting working days – NETWORKDAYS
Determining a completion date – WORKDAY
Tabulating date/time differences – DATEDIF
MATH FUNCTIONS
Working with rounding functions
MOD
Random number generation – RAND and RANDBETWEEN
Converting a value between systems – CONVERT
Using the powerful new AGGREGATE function to bypass errors and hidden data
LOOKUP AND REFERENCE FUNCTIONS (OPTIONAL)
Looking up information – VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
Finding approximate or exact matches – VLOOKUP
Nesting LOOKUP functions
Finding table-like information within a function – CHOOSE
Locating data – MATCH
Retrieving information by location – INDEX
Using MATCH and INDEX together
Trainer
SENTHIVALU KRISHNASAMY
Certified Assessor for Skills Training under “Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran” (JPK), Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia
About Us
Elev8 Asia Sdn Bhd is a HRDF Certified Training Provider in Malaysia which founded in year 2015.