Microsoft Excel – Advanced
Course Description
Do you often work with data at work or frequently extract data to create reports to update your leaders? Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that allows you to make quick and accurate numerical calculations. You will appear more professional when you present formulated spreadsheets to highlight your key data narratives. ‘Microsoft Excel 2019 – Advanced’ is a course that is suitable for you if you are looking to leverage the more advanced functions and features of Excel to increase your productivity while working with data.
Why is it so important to learn Excel? It is because almost every organization across all industries is using Excel to boost their employees’ productivity and quality of work. Many different job roles require some form of Excel knowledge as Excel is one of the most indispensable data processing tools in the working world now.
So what are some applications of Excel? For example, businesses use Excel for the creation of financial reports. Manufacturing plants use Excel for statistical analysis on their inventory. Families use Excel to help manage their family expenses, investment portfolios, and retirement savings projections. As you can see, Excel is an essential skill needed by everyone not only for work but also for their personal projects.
In our 2-day ‘Microsoft Excel 2019 – Advanced’ course, you will learn how to use advanced functions such as text formulas, date & time formulas, lookup functions, and understand formula errors. Besides that, you will be taught how to manage names, consolidate, organize and analyze data. Last but not least, you will learn to create pivot tables and record macros to automate repetitive formatting changes that you need to make to cells in your spreadsheet.
Prerequisites
To enrol in this course, you should possess the following:
- (≥ 16 years old); or
- 1 year working experience
Regularly use Excel to create, edit & format worksheets. Able to create formulas with relative & absolute references, use basic IF function & manage worksheets.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the 2-day course, you will optimize and realised the great potential of Microsoft Excel. You will learn to:
- Use and Manage defined Names. Display & trace Formulas and understand Errors
- Use Advanced functions in Date, Time, Logical, Text and Lookups
- Use Data Validation to control the data being accepted such as controlled text length and drop list.
- Create Scenarios, use of Goal Seek & Solver
- Group and Outline Data & Using Subtotals
- Consolidate Data by Position or Category, and Use Formulas
- Use and format of PivotTable, PivotChart and Slicers
- Record, play and delete a Macro. Adding a Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar
Course Outline
Advanced Functions and Formulas
- Formulas with Multiple Operators
- Inserting and Editing a Function
- AutoCalculate and Manual Calculation
- Defining Names
- Using and Managing Defined Names
- Displaying and Tracing Formulas
- Understanding Formula Errors
- Using Financial Functions (PMT)
- Using Logical Functions (IF, AND, OR, SUMIF, COUNTIF & etc)
- Using Lookup & Reference Functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH & etc)
- Using Text Functions (PROPER, CONCATENATE, UPPER, LEFT & etc)
- Using Date & Time Functions
Organizing and Analyzing Data
- Creating Scenarios
- Creating a Scenario Report
- Working with Data Tables
- Using Goal Seek
- Using Solver
- Using Text to Columns
- Grouping and Outlining Data
- Using Subtotals
- Consolidating Data by Position or Category
- Consolidating Data Using Formulas
- Sharing a Workbook
- Track changes
- Compare and Merge Workbook
Working with the Web and External Data
- Inserting a Hyperlink
- Importing Data from an Access Database or Text File
- Importing Data from the Web and Other Sources
- Working with Existing Data Connections
Working with Data Ranges
- Creating a Custom AutoFill List
- Applying Conditional Formatting
- Creating & Managing Conditional Formatting Rules
- Sorting by a Custom List
- Filtering Data
- Creating a Custom AutoFilter
- Using an Advanced Filter
- Using Data Validation
Working with PivotTables
- Creating a PivotTable
- Specifying PivotTable Data
- Changing a PivotTable’s Calculation
- Filtering and Sorting a PivotTable
- Working with PivotTable Layout
- Grouping PivotTable Items
- Updating a PivotTable
- Formatting a PivotTable
- Creating a PivotChart
- Creating a Standalone PivotChart
- Use Slicers
- Sharing Slicers Between PivotTables
- Creating Relationships between Tables
Working with Macros
- Recording a Macro
- Playing and Deleting a Macro
- Adding a Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar
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Course Duration:
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Course Duration:
2 Days (9.00am – 5.00pm)
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Microsoft Excel – Advanced
Course Duration:
2 Days (9.00am – 5.00pm)
Course Fee Details:
$392.40 (incl. of 9% GST)
SkillsFuture Credits & UTAP claimable
SDF grant entitled, $2/hr x 14hrs = $28
Eligible for Singaporeans, and PR employees
This course will no longer be eligible for SDF Grant.
Please be advised that as of 1st January 2025, there will be changes to both course fees and subsidies available.
Course Fee Details (effective from 1st January 2025):
$436 (incl. of 9% GST)
UTAP Claimable
This course will no longer be eligible for SDF Grant.
Course Code: ASKMEA
Nett Course Fee
$392.40
Please be advised that as of 1st January 2025, there will be changes to both course fees and subsidies available.
Nett Course Fee (effective 1st January 2025)
$436
Course Schedule
| Course Code | Venue | January 2025 | February 2025 | March 2025 | April 2025 | May 2025 | June 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel Advanced | ASKMEA | International Plaza | 09-10 | 24-25 | ||||
| ASKMEA | JTC Summit | 13-14 | 29-30 | |||||
| ASKMEA | Mountbatten Square | 20-21 | 20-21 | 10-11 | 26-27 |