Excel 2003 Advanced

You have used Microsoft Office Excel 2003 to perform tasks such as running calculations on data and sorting and filtering numeric data. You would now like to automate some common tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications. In this course, you will do all of these things.

Course Objective: You will automate some common Excel tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications.

Target Student: This course was designed for students desiring to gain the skills necessary to create macros, collaborate with others, audit and analyze worksheet data, create PivotTables and PivotCharts, incorporate multiple data sources, and import and export data. In addition, the course is also for students desiring to prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Excel 2003 or Module 2-Key Applications of the Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC3) exam, 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.

Course Content

Streamlining Workflow
Create a Macro
Edit a Macro
Customize Access to Excel Commands
Apply Conditional Formatting
Add Data Validation Criteria
Update a Workbook's Properties
Modify Excel's Default Settings

Collaborating with Others
Protect Files
Share a Workbook
Set Revision Tracking
Review Tracked Revisions
Merge Workbooks
Adjust Macro Settings
Administer Digital Signatures

Auditing Worksheets
Trace Cell Precedents
Trace Cell Dependents
Locate Errors in Formulas
Locate Invalid Data and Formulas
Watch and Evaluate Formulas
Group and Outline Data

Analyzing Data
Create a Trendline
Create Scenarios
Perform What-If Analysis
Develop a PivotTable Report
Develop a PivotChart Report
Perform Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

Working with Multiple Workbooks
Create a Workspace
Consolidate Data
Link Cells in Different Workbooks
Edit Links

Importing and Exporting Data
Export to Microsoft Word
Import a Word Table
Import Text Files

Structuring XML Workbooks
Develop XML Maps
Import, Add, and Export XML Data
Manage XML Workbooks
Apply XML View Options

Skills

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Customize workbooks.
Collaborate with others using workbooks.
Audit worksheets.
Analyze data.
Work with multiple workbooks.
Import and export data.
Structure workbooks with XML.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must be able to:

Create, edit and format spreadsheets
Navigate within worksheets and books
Create basic formulas – AutoSum
Use Insert Function to create built-in functions
Work with absolute references
Create basic charts
Sort and filter data
Open and navigate in a Word document
Browse the Internet