Advanced Certificate in Microsoft Excel Course Guide

This course will provide an introduction to the basics of the different files used within excel including but not limited to text files, csv files, and how to save, import and export data.

This course will provide an introduction to how to use the various Lookup functions to cross-reference data within Excel, including but not limited to vertical lookups, horizontal lookups, the MATCH and INDEX features and the VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP and XLOOKUP functions.

This course will provide an introduction to a range of tasks that allow you to prepare data within Excel for reporting purposes. It will include but not be limited to Conditional Formatting, Rules, how to convert cell formats, how to remove duplicates, how to insert leading zeros and how to replace a formula with its result.

This course will provide an introduction to using tables in Excel, including but not limited to the use of Freeze panes, Table Filtering and Slicers, how to create a calculated column and how to analyse data using a Total Row.

This course will provide an overview of Pivot Tables, including but not limited to how to create them, how to manage the data in the table, how to display percentages, how to group data and add formulas and how to refresh the data.

This course will provide an overview of Pivot Charts, including but not limited to how to create them, how to change the design and layout, how to add and hide elements and how to create combined charts.