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Excel Advanced Skills

Enhance basic Excel skills by mastering advanced techniques such as conditional formatting, data validation, and pivot tables for data analysis.

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Course Overview


Building on foundational knowledge, the course covers a variety of powerful Excel features that can significantly enhance data management and reporting. Learners will dive into style templates to improve the visual appeal of their spreadsheets, use conditional formatting to highlight important data trends and anomalies, and implement data validation techniques to ensure data accuracy and consistency.

 

Additionally, the course covers data manipulation methods to streamline complex processes and introduce pivot tables, a key tool for summarizing and analyzing large datasets. These advanced techniques will help learners efficiently handle data analysis tasks, making them more proficient in Excel and ready to tackle sophisticated data challenges.


Course Format

This self-paced course offers a dynamic and engaging learning experience, combining interactive elements such as games, flashcards, video content, real-world case studies, and curated readings. Participants have the flexibility to progress at their own pace, while interactive games and quizzes reinforce key concepts and track progress. Participants have 90 days of access per course, with progress tracked through interactive elements.  Flashcards, expert-led videos, real-world case studies, and carefully curated readings deepen knowledge.

This course is part of the Office Technology program.

Price

$225

Course Details

Units 0.3 CEUs / 3.0 PDUs

Location Online Courses

Course Type Self-Paced

Next Available Course

Classes Start Available Anytime

What You’ll Learn

After successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Use built-in or custom cell style templates to streamline data entry

  • Create drop-down lists to restrict data entry values and ensure consistency

  • Apply conditional formatting to highlight data based on specific criteria

  • Organize and consolidate data across multiple worksheets using the Group and Consolidation functions

  • Analyze and manipulate data with Pivot Tables, 3D references, and wildcard characters for partial searches

Your Instructor

Calie
Waterman

IT Project Manager III, Standard Insurance Company

<p>Calie Waterman is an experienced Project Manager with a demonstrated history of leading and delivering complex projects in both IT and business environments since early 2019. Her background includes managing large-scale software implementations, IT infrastructure upgrades, and business process improvements, showcasing her ability to manage diverse project environments while employing a mix of methodologies to ensure adaptive and efficient project execution. Her professional experience allows her to effectively integrate technology with business needs, fostering collaborative environments that drive projects to successful completion and achieve results.</p>