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Course Length:
1 Day
Course Description:
Your training in and use of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 has provided you with a solid foundation in the basic and intermediate skills for working in Excel. You have used Excel to perform tasks such as running calculations on data and sorting and filtering numeric data. In this course, you will extend your knowledge into some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities of Excel by automating some common tasks, applying advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborating on worksheets with others, and sharing Excel data with other applications.
Who Should Attend:
This course was designed for students desiring to gain the skills necessary to create macros, collaborate with others, audit and analyze worksheet data, incorporate multiple data sources, and import and export data. In addition, the course is also for students desiring to prepare for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam in Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007, and who already have knowledge of the basics of Excel, including how to create, edit, format, and print worksheets that include charts and sorted and filtered data.
Benefits of Attendance:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Increase productivity and improve efficiency by streamlining your workflow.
  • Collaborate with others using workbooks.
  • Audit worksheets.
  • Analyze data.
  • Work with multiple workbooks.
  • Import and export data.
  • Use Excel with the web.
  • Structure workbooks with XML.
Prerequisites:
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Level 1 and Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Level 2.
Course Outline:
  • Streamlining Workflow
    1. Create a Macro
    2. Edit a Macro
    3. Apply Conditional Formatting
    4. Add Data Validation Criteria
    5. Update a Workbook's Properties
    6. Modify Excel's Default Settings
  • Collaborating with Others
    1. Protect Files
    2. Share a Workbook
    3. Set Revision Tracking
    4. Review Tracked Revisions
    5. Merge Workbooks
    6. Administer Digital Signatures
    7. Restrict Document Access
  • Auditing Worksheets
    1. Trace Cells
    2. Troubleshoot Errors in Formulas
    3. Troubleshoot Invalid Data and Formulas
    4. Watch and Evaluate Formulas
    5. Create a Data List Outline
  • Analyzing Data
    1. Create a Trendline
    2. Create Scenarios
    3. Perform What-If Analysis
    4. Perform Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak
  • Working with Multiple Workbooks
    1. Create a Workspace
    2. Consolidate Data
    3. Link Cells in Different Workbooks
    4. Edit Links
  • Importing and Exporting Data
    1. Export Excel Data
    2. Import a Delimited Text File
  • Using Excel with the Web
    1. Publish a Worksheet to the Web
    2. Import Data from the Web
    3. Create a Web Query
  • Structuring Workbooks with XML
    1. Develop XML Maps
    2. Import and Export XML Data
  • Appendix A: Microsoft Office Specialist Program