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Introducing Excel Understanding Workbooks and Worksheets Moving around a Worksheet Introducing the Ribbon Accessing the Ribbon by using your keyboard Using Shortcut Menus Customizing Your Quick Access Toolbar Formatting the numbers Making your worksheet look a bit fancier Printing your worksheet Saving your workbook Entering and Editing Worksheet Data Exploring the Types of Data You Can Use Modifying Cell Contents Erasing the contents of a cell Selecting a range of input cells before entering data Using AutoFill to enter a series of values Using AutoComplete to automate data entry Forcing text to appear on a new line within a cell Using AutoCorrect for shorthand data entry Entering numbers with fractions Essential Worksheet Operations Selecting ranges Copying or Moving Ranges Using the Office Clipboard to paste Pasting in special ways Transposing a range Using Names to Work with Ranges Adding Comments to Cells Working with Tables Converting a table back to a range Worksheet Formatting Applying a theme Customizing a theme Using and Creating Templates Printing Your Work Working with Formulas and Functions Understanding operator precedence in formulas Function arguments Using Cell References in Formulas Specifying when formulas are calculated Text Functions Determining whether two strings are identical Joining two or more cells Removing excess spaces and nonprinting characters Counting characters in a string Changing the case of text Extracting characters from a string Replacing text with other text Searching and replacing within a string Advanced Text Formulas Extracting the first word of a string Day1

Extracting the last word of a string Extracting all but the first word of a string Extracting first names, middle names, and last names Counting the number of words in a cell Working with Dates and Times Entering dates Entering times Formatting dates and times Displaying the current date Calculating the number of days between two dates Calculating the number of work days between two dates Offsetting a date using only work days Calculating the number of years between two dates Calculating a person s age Creating Formulas That Count and Sum Counting and Summing Worksheet Cells Basic Counting Formulas Counting the total number of cells Counting blank cells Counting nonblank cells Counting numeric cells Counting text cells Counting nontext cells Counting logical values Counting error values in a range Counting cells based on multiple criteria Using And criteria Using Or criteria Combining And and Or criteria Counting the most frequently occurring entry Visualizing Data Using Conditional Formatting About Conditional Formatting Specifying Conditional Formatting Formatting types you can apply Making your own rules Copying cells that contain conditional formatting Using Data Validation About Data Validation Specifying Validation Criteria Types of Validation Criteria You Can Apply Creating a Drop-Down List Using Formulas for Data Validation Rules

Day2 Creating Formulas for Financial Applications Worksheet functions for calculating loan information PMT PPMT IPMT RATE NPER PV Depreciation Calculations Creating Charts and Graphics Creating a Chart Choosing a chart type Experimenting with different layouts Moving a chart Adding chart elements Modifying the Axes Value axis Category axis Creating Sparkline Graphics Sparkline Types Creating Sparklines Customizing Sparklines Sizing Sparkline cells Handling hidden or missing data Highlighting certain data points Linking and Consolidating Worksheets Linking Workbooks Consolidating Worksheets Consolidating worksheets by using formulas Consolidating worksheets by using Paste Special Consolidating worksheets by using the Consolidate command A workbook consolidation example Refreshing a consolidation Excel and the Internet Understanding How Excel Uses HTML Understanding the Different Web Formats Creating an HTML file Creating a single file Web page Opening an HTML File Working with Hyperlinks Inserting a hyperlink Using hyperlinks Using Web Queries Other Internet-Related Features Using Excel in a Workgroup Using Excel on a Network Sharing Workbooks Controlling the advanced sharing settings Tracking Workbook Changes Turning Track Changes on and off

Reviewing the changes Protecting Your Work Types of Protection Protecting a Worksheet Unlocking cells Sheet protection options Protecting a Workbook Requiring a password to open a workbook Protecting a workbook s structure Protecting a workbook s windows Saving a worksheet as a PDF file Marking a workbook final Analyzing Data with the Analysis ToolPak The Analysis ToolPak: An Overview Installing the Analysis ToolPak Add-in Descriptive Statistics Random Number Generation

Day3 Creating Formulas That Look Up Values Introducing Lookup Formulas Functions Relevant to Lookups Basic Lookup Formulas The VLOOKUP function The HLOOKUP function The LOOKUP function Combining the MATCH and INDEX functions Specialized Lookup Formulas Looking up an exact value Looking up a value to the left Performing a case-sensitive lookup Looking up a value from multiple lookup tables Determining letter grades for test scores Calculating a grade-point average Performing a two-way lookup Performing a two-column lookup Determining the cell address of a value within a range Looking up a value by using the closest match Making Your Worksheets Error-Free Finding and Correcting Formula Errors #DIV/! errors #N/A errors #NAME? errors #NULL! errors #NUM! errors #REF! errors #VALUE! errors Absolute/relative reference problems Operator precedence problems Formulas are not calculated Identifying precedents Identifying dependents Tracing error values Introducing Pivot Tables Data appropriate for a pivot table Creating a Pivot Table Specifying the data Specifying the location for the pivot table Laying out the pivot table Formatting the pivot table Modifying the pivot table Working with Non-Numeric Data Grouping Pivot Table Items A manual grouping example Automatic grouping examples Creating a Calculated Field or Calculated Item Filtering Pivot Tables with Slicers Creating Pivot Charts

Performing Spreadsheet What-If Analysis Types of What-If Analyses Creating Data Tables Creating a one-input data table Creating a two-input data table Using Scenario Manager Generating a scenario report What-If Analysis, in Reverse Single-Cell Goal Seeking A goal-seeking example Introducing Solver

Day4 Creating Dashboards Uses of dash board Dashboard for single selection Dashboard for multiple selection Dashboard for comparison Connecting charts with check box Vertical scroll bar for data viewing Horizontal scroll bar for data viewing Scroll bar with dropdown list

Day5 Introducing Visual Basic for Applications Introducing VBA Macros Displaying the Developer Tab About Macro Security Saving Workbooks That Contain Macros Two Types of VBA Macros VBA Sub procedures VBA functions Creating VBA Macros Recording VBA macros Testing the macro Absolute versus relative recording Storing macros in your Personal Macro Workbook Assigning a macro to a shortcut key Assigning a macro to a button Writing VBA code