About this Course

In this 1 day instructor-led course, students will further build on the skills acquired in the Microsoft Excel 2013 Basic and Intermediate courses. They will work with advanced functions and formulas, as well as lookup functions such as VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX. In addition, students will learn about data validation, and will use advanced data filtering. They will apply advanced chart formatting options, and create more complex charts. They will work with PivotTables and PivotCharts, export and import data, and query external databases. Students will learn about the analytical features of Excel, such as Goal Seek, and how to create scenarios. Finally, they will run and record macros, and explore VBA code.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for a student who has experience working with Excel and would like to learn more about creating macros, working with shared documents, analyzing data, and auditing worksheets.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, you will need to have a comfort level with the basic skills of Excel like entering data, working with data, using functions, and working with formulas. To meet this prerequisite, you can take any one or more of the following Logical Operations courses:

• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2013: Level 1
• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2013: Level 2

Course Outline

Unit 1: Advanced Functions And Formulas

• Topic A: Logical functions
• Topic B: Conditional functions
• Topic C: Financial functions
• Topic D: Text functions
• Topic F: Array formulas

Unit 2: Lookups And Data Tables

• Topic A: Using lookup functions
• Topic B: Using MATCH and INDEX
• Topic C: Creating data tables

Unit 3: Advanced Data Management

• Topic A: Validating cell entries
• Topic B: Advanced filtering

Unit 4: Advanced Charting

• Topic A: Chart formatting options
• Topic B: Combination charts
• Topic C: Graphical objects

Unit 5: PivotTables and PivotCharts

• Topic A: Working with PivotTables
• Topic B: Rearranging PivotTables
• Topic C: Formatting PivotTables
• Topic D: PivotCharts

Unit 6: Exporting and importing data

• Topic A: Exporting and importing text files
• Topic B: Getting external data

Unit 7: Analytical tools

• Topic A: Goal Seek
• Topic B: Scenarios

Unit 8: Macros and Visual Basic

• Topic A: Running and recording a macro
• Topic B: Working with VBA code