Excel Beginner Course
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About the Excel Beginner Course
This one-day training course is tailored to meet the needs of people new to Excel. Pick up useful shortcuts while learning the basics of creating, calculating, formatting and printing spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel. Learn through demonstration and hands-on activities based on real-world situations. This course focuses on developing neat, accurate and well-developed Excel spreadsheets using good design and documentation principles.
Who should do this course?
This course is designed for people who are either new to Excel, or who want to fill in gaps and gain confidence and independence using Excel.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- ▪ Understand the origins of and basic uses for spreadsheets
- ▪ Create, modify, save and close a simple workbook
- ▪ Format cells, rows and columns in a workbook
- ▪ Adjust the sizing of columns and rows in a worksheet
- ▪ Format fonts and numbers
- ▪ Select ranges of cells in a workbook
- ▪ Create formulas that perform calculations in a workbook
- ▪ Copy and fill data in a workbook
- ▪ Create and work with functions in a workbook
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required; however participants need to have general mouse and keyboard skills and an understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system.
Excel Beginner Course Details
$396 incl GST
- Duration:1 Day
- Max. Class Size:10
- Avg. Class Size:5
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Study Mode:
Classroom Online Live
- Level:Beginners
- CPD Hours:6 hours
- Course Times: Classroom: 9.00am - 5.00pm approx(Local Time) Online Live: 9.00am - 5.00pm approx(AEST or AEDT)
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Level 11, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney , NSW 2060
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Excel Beginner Course Content
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Unit 1: Basics of Excel
- Starting Excel from the Desktop
- Learning about Excel Start Screen
- Using Excel Workbook Screen
- Understanding How Excel Works
- Using the Ribbon
- Show and Collapse the Ribbon
- Backstage View in Excel
- Working with Backstage View
- Working with Shortcut Menus
- Understanding Dialog Boxes
- Working with Dialog Boxes
- Understand the Quick Access Toolbar
- Working with QAT Commands
- Learning about Status Bar
- Closing Excel Safely
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Unit 2: Create a New Workbook
- Understanding Excel Workbooks
- Using the Blank Workbook Template
- Working with Text
- Working with Numbers
- Working with Dates
- Understanding the Fill Handle
- Understanding Formulas
- Typing Formulas
- Save a New Workbook
- Spelling Check
- Doing Basic Changes
- Print a Worksheet
- Closing a Workbook Safely
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Unit 3: Working with Workbooks
- Opening a Workbook
- Understanding Workbook Navigation
- Using the Keyboard to Navigate
- Working with 'Go To'
- Working with Files and Folders Dialog Box
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Unit 4: Edit a Workbook
- Learn Data Editing
- Overwrite Cell Contents
- Edit Longer Cell Content
- Change and Update Formulas
- Removing Cell Content
- Deleting Data
- Working with Undo and Redo
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Unit 5: Learning Formulas and Functions
- Introduction to Formulas
- Using Formulas That Add
- Using Formulas That Subtract
- Working with Multiply and Divide Formulas
- Introduction to Excel Functions
- Adding using SUM Functions
- Using SUM for Non-Contiguous Ranges
- Working with Average
- Finding a Maximum Value
- Finding a Minimum Value
- Using More Complex Formulas
- Working with What if Formulas
- Understanding Error Messages
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Unit 6: Selecting Cell Ranges
- Understanding Cells and Ranges
- Selecting Contiguous Ranges
- Selecting Non-Contiguous Ranges
- Working with Special Selection Techniques
- Select Larger Ranges
- Select Rows
- Select Columns
- View Range Calculations
- Create an Input Range
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Unit 7: Copying Data in Excel
- Understanding Copying in Excel
- Using Fill for Quick Copying
- Copy from One Cell to Another
- Copy from One Cell to a Range
- Copy from One Range to Another
- Copy Relative Formulas
- Copy to a Non-Contiguous Range
- Copy to Another Worksheet
- Copy to Another Workbook
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Unit 8: Special Pasting in Excel
- Understand Pasting Options
- How to Paste Formulas
- How to Paste Values
- How to Paste Without Borders
- How to Paste as a Link
- How to Paste as a Picture
- Using Paste Special Dialog Box
- How to Copy Comments
- How to Copy Validations
- Copying Column Widths
- Perform Arithmetic Operations with Paste Special
- Copy Formats with Paste Special
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Unit 9: Moving Data in Excel
- Understanding Moving in Excel
- Move Cells and Ranges
- Move by Dragging
- Move Data to Other Worksheets
- Move Data to Other Workbooks
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Unit 10: Font Formatting in Excel
- Understand Font Formatting
- Work with Live Preview
- Working with Fonts
- How to Change Font Size
- Grow and Shrink Fonts
- Bolding Cells
- Italicising Text
- Underlining Text
- Change Font Colours
- Change Background Colours
- Use the Format Painter
- Apply Strikethrough
- Subscripting Text
- Superscripting Text
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Unit 11: Applying Borders in Excel
- Understand Borders in Excel
- Add a Border to a Cell
- Add a Border to a Range
- Add a Bottom Border
- Add Top and Bottom Borders
- Remove Borders
- Understanding the More Borders Command
- Working with More Borders Command
- Drawing Borders
- Drawing a Border Grid
- Erasing Borders
- Format the Drawing Pencil
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Unit 12: Cell Alignment in Excel
- Understand Cell Alignment
- Using Horizontal Cell Alignment
- Using Vertical Cell Alignment
- How to Indent Cells
- How to Rotate Text
- Wrap and Merge Text
- Unmerge Cells
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Unit 13: Format Rows and Columns
- Approximate Column Widths
- Set Precise Columns Widths
- Set the Default Column Width
- Approximate Row Height
- Set Precise Row Heights
- Hide Rows and Columns
- Unhide Rows and Columns
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Unit 14: Format Numbers
- Understand Number Formatting
- Apply General Formatting
- Format for Money
- Format Percentages
- Format as Fractions
- Format as Dates
- Use the Thousands Separator
- Increase and Decrease Decimals
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Unit 15: Formatting Techniques for Numbers
- Working with Alternate Currencies
- Working with Alternate Date Formats
- Format Clock Time
- Format Calculated Time
- Working with Number Formats
- Working with Format Codes
- Create Descriptive Custom Formats
- Custom Format Large Numbers
- Custom Format for Fractions
- Padding Numbers with Custom Formats
- Aligning Numbers with Custom Formats
- Customise the Display of Negative Values
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Unit 16: Page Setup in Excel
- Strategies for Printing
- Working with Page Layout
- Using Built in Margins
- Setting up Custom Margins
- Change Margins by Dragging
- Centring on a Page
- Change Orientation
- Setting the Paper Size
- Specifying the Print Area
- Clearing the Print Area
- Insert Page Breaks
- Use Page Break Preview
- Remove Page Breaks
- Setting a Background
- Clear the Background
- Setting Rows as Repeating Print Titles
- Clearing Print Titles
- Print Gridlines
- Print Headings
- Scale to a Percentage
- Fit to a Specific Number of Pages
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Unit 17: Printing
- Understand Printing
- Preview Before You Print
- Select a Printer
- Print a Range
- Print an Entire Workbook
- Specify the Number of Copies
- Understanding Print Options
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I found both the Excel Beginners course and trainer Adam to be excellent. Adam is very knowledgeable, concise, extremely patient and engaging. Adam delivered the course brilliantly and I came away with a good basic working knowledge of Excel. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending your Excel Beginners course to others. Thank you.
This session was incredibly useful. Very refreshing, engaging and great information and resources. Alex is a great facilitator and provides easy to follow steps.
This course was fantastic. So informative, the instructor was extremely easy to understand and explained things in an easy way to understand. I was unsure how engaged I would be, but I was actually excited to use my new skills at the end of this course. Highly recommend.
This was great! I learned a lot in a very short time. Alex was very clear in communicating and explaining tasks. He is very knowledgeable , well spoken and polite. It has been pleasure attending the course. Alex explained each task in details and was sharing the screen while taking us through the tasks. It was valuable working on examples in our own work books, whilst Thank you Alex :).
This course is very useful, I prick up some fabulous tips and shortcuts from this course. Sean is a very knowledgeable and amazing.
Sean is a great instructor, although I already have Excel knowledge I learnt alot and found it valuable. I am coming to the intermediate course in 2 weeks so loking forward to it.
Great presenter and lots of things learnt, my most valuable training session in the department and I will be putting it all into practice. I hope to have the opportunity to take part in future course like this that will benefit me
Sean was a fantastic instructor! His approach to teaching this course was delivered in plain English, easy to understand and answered all questions raised by the participants. I would 100% attend another course where Sean was the instructor.
Thank you. I found this course incredibly valuable and gained a lot of new insights. I’ll likely revisit it, as I’m still working on developing my personal skills. I’m feeling motivated to keep improving and look forward to applying what I’ve learned.
The course was at a good pace with plenty of time to follow Duane and complete the tasks. I feel more confident in using Excel now. :)
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