Master Excel in 60 Minutes: Formulae and Functions

Why Should You Attend:

This webinar will help attendees conquer some of the most daunting features in Microsoft Excel. The webinar instructor will demystify some of the most challenging of the 300+ formulas and functions in Excel and demonstrate how to put them to their best use.

The course will begin with a review of the more basic, building-block functions, and a few critical keyboard shortcuts that will speed up working with Excel data, even on multiple sheets. The instructor will then cover how to perform advanced searching and data retrieval with lookup functions, tabulate and sort data with counting and statistical functions, format data with text and math functions, and work with financial data using advanced formulas. He will also focus on practical examples that transition effortlessly to real-world scenarios.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn formula tips and shortcuts to make you a more proficient Excel user
• Use formula auditing tools to track down cell dependencies and determine formula sources
• Achieve programming-like control with the IF function (along with the AND and OR functions) in simple and complex constructions
• Perform table lookups and match data from different lists with the VLOOKUP function
• Use powerful analytical functions like SUMIF, AGGREGATE and others
• Master date/time functions, rounding functions and vital statistical functions

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Displaying and highlighting formulas
• Converting formulas to values
• Creating 3D formulas to gather data from multiple sheets
• Understanding the hierarchy of operations in formulas
• Using absolute and relative references
• Creating and expanding the use of nested IF statements
• Looking up information with VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX
• Using the power functions: COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
• Analyzing data with the statistical functions
• Performing basic math
• Calculating dates and times
• Editing text with functions
• Checking for errors with formulas

Who Will Benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable assistance to nearly all Excel users - it is not industry specific, but is perhaps more widely used among personnel in:

• Banking
• Finance
• Marketing
• Sales
• Investments
• Pharmacy
• Accounts
• Audit
• Credit Unions

Instructor Profile:

Dennis Taylor has taught thousands of Excel seminars and classes since the early 90’s. He is the author/presenter of over 500 Excel webinars, and authored the book Teach Yourself Microsoft Excel 2000. He has taught hundreds of public Excel seminars in the US and Canada since 2006 and has recorded over 100 Excel courses both for online and DVD distribution.

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