Thursday, March 11, 2010
Excel 2003 Interm Minimize
Class Time 6 hours
Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel for Windows or equivalent experience.

Topics covered in this class include:
Intermediate editing and formatting techniques
  • Finding a specific entry in a worksheet
  • Finding and replacing a specific entry in a worksheet
  • Creating a new style/applying a style
  • Using alignment options in the format cells dialog box
Using absolute cell references
  • Entering an absolute column and row cell reference into a formula
  • Entering an absolute column or row cell reference into a formula
Using Financial Functions
  • PMT function
  • FV function
Using logical functions
  • Using the IF function
  • Nesting IF functions
Using date/time functions
  • Using the DATE function
  • Using the NOW function
Creating a chart
  • What is a chart ?
  • Plotting a basic chart
  • Modifying and enhancing a basic chart
  • Previewing and printing a chart
  • Including non-contiguous data ranges in a chart, plotting a pie chart
  • Adding new data to an existing chart
Working with lists
  • What is a list ?
  • Filtering a list
  • Specifying a criteria range in a filter operation
Linking worksheets within a workbook
  • Setting up related worksheets within a workbook
  • Moving the cell pointer from one worksheet to another
  • Copying data from one worksheet to another, editing the data
  • Entering a formula to link related worksheets
  • Formatting multiple worksheets in one operation
  • Moving and copying worksheets
  • Previewing and printing multiple worksheets in one operation
Controlling the worksheet display
  • Splitting the workbook window into panes, freezing window panes
  • Hiding rows and columns of a worksheet
  • Changing the zoom level for a worksheet
Additional intermediate Excel features
  • using an Excel template to create a workbook
  • Previewing and saving Excel data as a web page
  • Inserting a hyperlink into a worksheet
  • Inserting comments into a worksheet, creating a discussion
    

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