presents
National Seminars Group & Padgett Thompson
a division of Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center
Course Description
Microsoft Excel®: Become a Power User
A skill-boosting one-day workshop designed specifically for those who've mastered Excel's fundamentals and are ready to get the tools required to become a "power user"!
Program
Description
This skill-boosting one-day workshop is designed specifically for anyone who has mastered Excel's fundamentals and is ready to get the tools, tips, techniques and shortcuts required to become a power user. Your expert instructor will use our exclusive hands-off training approach that features state-of-the-art projection equipment. This method guarantees that you'll learn — and retain — a maximum amount of information in a minimum amount of time!
You'll discover how to use macros to save tons of time and reduce errors, how to create eye-catching charts and graphs that bring your numbers to life, how to make more professional-looking spreadsheets, how to automate repetitive tasks, and how to work faster and more efficiently with "insider" shortcuts.
You'll also learn "how-to's" for analyzing data and power tips for printing your work perfectly every time. Attend this intensive workshop and you'll create better worksheets faster than ever before. Guaranteed!
What
You’ll Learn
- Master Excel's most useful, efficiency-boosting, timesaving features and functions
- Customize Excel toolbars, formula bar and menus to save tons of time
- Boost your productivity using Excel's templates
- Easily link Excel worksheets so you don't waste time re-keying information
- Create eye-catching charts without slaving over them for hours
- Take a list and turn it into an Excel database
- Manage enormous spreadsheets with ease
- Make the most of Excel's mathematical functions
- Get more done in less time by automating repetitive tasks
- Swiftly navigate through Excel like a pro
- Protect your valuable data in case disaster strikes
- Calculate percentages, averages, interest, statistics, dates and more
- Add free-form narrative and graphics to your worksheets to facilitate understanding
- Summarize large amounts of data quickly by creating a Pivot Table
- Use macros to avoid input errors
Who
Should Attend
- Intermediate users who know the basics but want to learn how to make the most of Excel's features and functions
- Self-taught users who want to push their skills to the next level
- Advanced users who are eager to learn additional shortcuts and tips that will boost their speed and productivity in Excel
This program is for Windows and Macintosh users and will cover all versions of Excel. For demonstration purposes, we will be presenting demos in Excel 2003. This workshop features our exclusive hands-off approach to learning. We'll bring the techniques and tools to life using a visually stimulating, accelerated training approach that incorporates state-of-the-art projection equipment that'll really bring the learning home.
Workshop Agenda
The Key to Spreadsheet Success: Getting Off to a Good Start
How to swiftly navigate Excel menus like a pro
Identify the toolbar commands you use most often ... and hide the rest
Keyboard shortcuts that reduce the mileage you put on your mouse and save tons of time
Don't repeat yourself ... learn the quick steps to saving a document as a template
Managing files when you've got tons to keep track of
Data safeguards: How to protect your data in case disaster strikes
Formulas and Functions
Using the VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP functions
The no-fail method of backing yourself out of mistakes
How to calculate percentages, averages, and more
How to spot potential formula goofs
When and how to use the "fill series" command
Using logical and IF functions
Using split and freeze panes
Lighten Your Load With Multiple Worksheet Links
- Why an automatic update of linked worksheets makes your job easier
- Create a linking formula with our step-by-step guidelines
- Save valuable time by moving rapidly among multiple worksheets
- Reduce chances for errors by linking instead of re-inputting data
The Path to Print Perfection
- The most common Excel printing goofs and how to avoid them
- How to add footers, headers and page numbers
- How to create recurring titles without re-keying them on every worksheet
- Is your page breaking right? We'll show you how to guarantee it does ... every time!
- The easy way to print worksheet selections — and get what you ask for
High-Impact Spreadsheets, Charts and Graphs
- Let Excel show you a variety of effective chart formats
- When and how to use borders, shading, bold, and underline
- Fonts and colors: More is not necessarily better
- Impress others with charts that look like they took hours to create — when, in fact, you created them in minutes!
- Add free-form narrative and graphics to your worksheets to facilitate understanding
- How to change the plot direction on a chart
- Changing the data source on a chart
- Using and disabling the time-scale axis
Creating Custom Toolbars, Menus and Dialog Boxes
- Redundant tasks are history! Simply replace your duplicated efforts with a single menu or toolbar command
- Define which tools you use most often and customize your toolbar in 4 quick and easy steps
- How to record a macro in your customized toolbox
- Simplify data entry by limiting menu and dialog box choices
Analyzing Data and Database How-to's
- How to perform a what-if analysis using the Scenario Manager
- Understanding and using one- and two-variable data tables
- Using Solver to solve problems by working backward
- How the Auditing Toolbar helps you examine the association between cells and formulas in a worksheet
- Fundamentals of creating Excel databases
- How to turn any list into a useable database
- Tracing cells that cause errors
- Creating a Pivot Table to summarize large amounts of data quickly
SPECIAL SECTION: Making Macro Miracles Happen — It's Easy!
- Why use a macro? 2 powerful reasons why you'll leave this workshop a macro user from now on
- Record a simple macro in 5 simple steps
- Automate your worksheets and kick into the "instant reply mode"
- How to avoid input errors using macros
Your
Guarantee of Complete Satisfaction
We stand behind our seminars
with a 100 percent , iron-clad, money-back guarantee
of satisfaction. If for any reason you’re not completely satisfied
with the solid skills, the tips, tools and shortcuts, and the crucial
information you receive during this workshop, we’ll refund your money
in full. Every penny. Guaranteed!
Program
Hours:
9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Registration begins at
8:30 a.m.
Group
Discount: When 3 enroll from your organization, a 4th attends
FREE!
Lunch:
Lunch is on your own.
Continuing
Education:
Continuing education credits may be recognized by your professional
board. Contact your own board to find out what's required.
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