Excel Afterburner - beginner to speed demon in hours

Name: Excel Afterburner - beginner to speed demon in hours
Rating: 4.5 (116 reviews)

All of the most useful features, the quick way. All revenue goes to charity.

Created byEzra Okon

Last updated 2/2016

English

What you'll learn

Speed through excel formatting and calculations
Use advanced functions to arrive at solutions from complicated data sets
Use pivot tables and LOOKUP functions to summarize large data sets quickly
Present data and solutions in beautiful charts and graphs

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 1h 32m total length

Introduction3:25
This lecture covers:
- How to use the course resources (shortcut and exercise files)
- How to enter text in cells
- How to edit cells
- PC vs. Mac
- The Excel ribbon vs. the older toolbar
- Basic cell navigation
Download the exercises and reference sheet0:06
Please download the two attached sheets - the exercises, and the reference sheet.
Exercise 1 - Navigation Maze3:01
This lecture covers:

Navigating through excel cells faster than you ever imagined, without a mouse!

Highlighting large groups of cells quickly

Changing colors and basic formatting of highlighted cells

Introduction to the excel maze

By the time you solve the maze, you'll be ready to move on!
Exercise 2 - Paint by Number4:00
Through a paint-by-numbers game, this lecture covers:

Color formatting

The 'repeat action' tool which will speed every repetitive task up

Conditional formatting to change cell colors and formats dynamically and automatically, based on their contents
Exercise 3 - Paste Special4:45
Get supreme control over your sheets using this awesome feature to eliminate hours of wasted time. Paste Special is much more than copy/paste - it will let you reorganize, reformat , protect, and perform math on large amounts of data/cells at once!
Exercise 4 - Pick and Pop (a paste special game)1:40
Ensure your understanding of the critical Paste Special feature with a few fun games
Formatting quiz!4:03
Take a formatting quiz to gauge your speed. Continue to practice this, and see how much your time improves!

If you'd like to make it on the leader board:
- Complete the formatting quiz while recording your screen (Screencast-o-matic offers an easy, free recording tool)
- Message me with a link to your video, either on Vimeo, Youtube, or some other platform
Exercise 5 - Basic Functions6:02
Learn how to add a formula in a cell. This lesson will cover most basic formulas that you will use on a regular basis.
Exercise 6 - Dragging and Locking Cells10:02
Don't waste time typing formulas over and over! Locking and dragging cells is one of the biggest time-savers excel offers you.
Exercise 7 - Rapid Function Practice5:44
A rapid-fire list of all of the formulas you will need, and practice with each one.
Exercise 8 - Lookup and Conditional Functions10:31
Now you're getting really advanced - learn to use formulas to skim through large amounts of data, and conditionals to return answers based on your inputs.

We also cover Data Validation, which is some 'frosting' - use this with your lookups to really impress your friends!
Exercise 9 - Nesting Formulas, and data filtering10:53
You're almost an excel Jedi! You can reduce the mess on your spreadsheet and increase the power of your functions by learning how to nest one into another!

This can get confusing even for the most advanced users, but my simple method will take the headache away.
Exercise 10 - Pivot tables and Charts8:33
Pivot tables are one of the fastest ways to rearrange, sum, and perform operations on thousands of lines of data at once. There's no easier way to get insight from an otherwise headache-causing list of data.

We'll cover charts briefly, which will allow you to cleanly present the data.
Exercise 11 - Working with data0:08
Exercise 11 answers - Working with data, and combining your knowledge19:50
The answers to exercise 11, your final test! You've combined your knowledge, now see if you are right!
The end!0:16

Requirements

Students need to have a version of excel (preferably more recent than Excel '97) downloaded on their computer

Description

100% of my course revenue will be donated. Why? Read on...

This course is right for you if:

You've never used excel before
You rely on the mouse to get your work done
You wonder if there are ways to get your work done more quickly
You don't recognize or use the Paste Special, HLOOKUP, INDEX, VLOOKUP, Conditional, Filter, or Pivot Table features, among other very important features.

This course is based on the training Wall Street bankers use to become the fastest and most productive excel users in the world. You will learn to quickly navigate your excel sheets, organize/format data, calculate/solve problems confusing problems, and present your data beautifully..

The 11 quick exercises are specifically designed to build off of each other so that you get continued practice on the basics as you get more advanced.

I have been extremely fortunate in my career to graduate from Harvard Business School and work for some of the top companies in the world. I didn't originally come from an ivy league school; in fact, I was rejected from most universities and jobs I applied to. I know how hard it can be to propel yourself forward, and many people helped me get where I am today.

I will give 100% of my tuition to Kiva, an organization that helps educate and secure financing for business owners in impoverished areas. That way, you can help others while you're learning yourself.

Who this course is for:

YOU CAN BENEFIT if you don't use conditional or lookup formulas frequently
YOU CAN BENEFIT if you rely on the mouse to complete your excel work
YOU CAN BENEFIT if you are either a complete beginner, or have not used excel for significant portions of your work
Your money is guaranteed by a full refund; if you decide that you are too advanced after buying the course, you are welcome to request a refund