Excel Boot Camp Dates and Times: Cost: $250 1/22, 2-4 PM 1/29, 2-4 PM 2/5, 2-4 PM 2/12, 2-4 PM Please register online or call our office. (413) 387-1040 This consists of four-part class is aimed at students with little or no Excel experience who want to "come up to speed" quickly by immersing themselves in a structured class that covers all of Excel's basic and intermediate functionality. Each session is two hours. The class will cover data entry, creating and editing formulas, editing and formatting spreadsheets, productivity shortcuts, working with large data files, printing options, working with range names, formatting multiple sheets, locking and protecting worksheets, basic and advanced functions, and creating/customizing Excel charts. Students will be expected to complete homework assignments after each class. Homework should typically take about an hour. 1. Getting Started with Excel 2016 Bypass the Start Screen Excel Main Screen 2. The Quick Access Toolbar Adding Buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar Customizable Ribbon 3. Getting Help in Excel 4. Excel Basics "Tell Me" Help Overview 5. Creating Formulas Introduction to Spreadsheets What is a Spreadsheet? Spreadsheet Concepts The Two-Minute Overview of Excel Evaluating Formulas 6. Saving and Opening Files File Names Backstage View
Page 2 File Save Options Saving A File (Save And Save As) Compatible File Formats Closing A File Opening A File Opening a Workbook on Your Computer or Network 7. Four Forms of the Cursor 8. Selecting a Range Ranges Using the Mouse Selecting a Range Deselecting a Range Continue Selecting a Range Selecting Additional (Non-Contiguous) Ranges Using the Cursor Keys Using the End Key Selecting Entire Rows and Columns Selecting A Single Row or Column Selecting More than One Row or Column Selecting the Entire Worksheet 9. Formatting a Worksheet Overview Using the Format Ribbon Groups Font Group Changing the Individual Characters in a Cell Alignment Group Number Group Number Formats Changing Column-Width and Row Height Changing the Column Width with the Mouse Using the Ribbon Speed Keys Shortcut Menus and Mini-Toolbars Shortcut Menus Using the Mini-Toolbar Format Painter
Page 3 10. Functions Totaling Ranges Using =SUM The (=SUM) Button Typing the =SUM Function The Formulas Ribbon Group Function Wizard Collapse Dialog and Display Dialog Buttons The =AVERAGE, =MIN, =MAX and =COUNT Functions 11. Editing a Spreadsheet Cut, Copy and Paste The Clipboard Copying, Cutting, and Pasting in Excel Clipboard Ribbon Group Copying Cell Contents Copying with the Ribbon Copying with Speed Keys Copying with the Quick Menus Pasting Cells Drag and Drop Paste Options Gallery and Paste Preview Viewing the Paste Options Gallery The Clipboard Task Pane 12. AutoFill (Creating a Series) Creating a Custom List Copying Formulas 13. Flash Fill Using Flash Fill 14. Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns Inserting a Row Inserting a Column Inserting a Cell Deleting Rows, Columns, and Cells Deleting a Row Deleting a Column Deleting a Cell
Page 4 15. Workbook Views Workbook Views Show / Hide Zoom Window 16. Printing Worksheets Before You Print Selecting What to Print Setting the Print Area Clearing the Print Area Page Break Preview Moving Page Breaks Page Setup Options Themes Page Layout Scale to Fit Sheet Options Arrange Headers and Footers Adding A Header or Footer Adding Text to the Header or Footer Header & Footer Tools Design Tab 17. Absolute vs Relative Absolute and Relative Addresses Relative Addressing Absolute Addressing Making a Cell Reference Absolute 18. Adding Comments Overview Inserting Comments Viewing Comments Viewing an Individual Comment Displaying Comments in a Sheet Editing Comments Deleting Comments Printing Comments
Page 5 Inconsistent Formula Smart Tag 19. Named Cells and Ranges Creating a Range Name Quickly Using the Defined Names Group The Name Manager 20. Workbook and Worksheet Tabs Naming Worksheets Adding and Deleting Worksheets Navigating Worksheets Coloring Tabs Grouping Worksheets Ungrouping Sheets Creating Formulas Linking to Other Workbooks 21. Protecting a Worksheet Protecting a Worksheet Locking and Protecting Allowing Users to Edit Ranges on a Protected Worksheet Hiding Formulas on a Protected Worksheet Protecting a Workbook 22. Working with Data Sorting Simple Sorts Custom Sorts Filtering Applying a Filter Clearing a Filter 23. Tables Creating a Table Formatting a List as a Table Formulas in Tables Customizing the Table Converting a Table Back Into a Range 24. Data Validation Data Validation Options
Page 6 Specifying a List Data Validation Options 25. More Functions PMT Function IF Function ISERROR Functions Error Codes ISERROR Functions IFERROR Function Rounding Numbers COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF Functions CONCATENATE AND, OR 26. Creating a Chart Selecting the Data Chart Sheet vs. Inline Using F11 to Create a Chart Creating a Chart in the Current Worksheet Changing the Chart Location Recommended Charts 27. Selecting and Formatting Chart Elements Chart Elements Using Chart Tools Design tab Format tab Chart Options Buttons Selecting Chart Elements Adding and Removing Chart Elements How to Format Chart Elements Formatting with the Mini-Toolbar Formatting on the Ribbon Formatting Panes 28. Common Chart Formatting Chart Titles Adding a Chart Title Formatting a Chart Title
Page 7 Adding Axis Titles Chart Legend Data Labels Displaying Data Labels for Selected Data Points Removing Data Labels Adding Gridlines 29. Modifying Chart Data How Data Series are Specified Changing the Data Range 30. Quick Analysis Tool Using the Quick Analysis Tool Quick Analysis Options 31. Smart Lookup 32. Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys