
Master absolute and relative cell references in Excel, including mixed references with dollar signs. Use the keyboard shortcut to toggle between relative and absolute references while dragging formulas.
Included in this lecture is a list of very useful shortcuts that you will need to know in order to work more efficiently with excel. It is good to know some of the most important shortcuts.
Apply the if function to compute a met target flag and a performance rating using nested if statements, comparing actual sales to targets and assigning good, adequate, or poor.
Compute cumulative sales and cumulative percentage for a ranked sales list, highlighting top contributors and using absolute and relative cell references to build the solution in Excel.
Learn to perform sums across multiple sheets with 3D formulas by aligning inputs to the same cell and using a sheet range like A:B to total monthly sales.
Learn to display Excel dates as readable values with custom date formats. Apply dd-mm-yyyy and hh:mm am/pm formats via format dialog, understanding that the underlying serial number stays the same.
Use the indirect function to create dynamic references across worksheets by converting text to cell references, summing column G for each salesperson, and building a chart of total sales.
Learn how to build dynamic charts in Excel that update automatically as new data is added, using Excel tables and named ranges with the offset and count functions.
Learn to group date data in a pivot table to calculate quarterly sales totals by year, using order date grouping, and format the results in dollars.
Apply formula-based conditional formatting to visualize monthly revenue growth in Excel, using green for gains over five percent, amber for zero to five percent, and red for declines.
This course is aimed at helping you to learn the best APPROACH to solving problems in Microsoft Excel. It is a very practical course which takes a particular problem as a starting point and teaches you how to go about solving it.
The fastest way to learn anything is to get your hands dirty with the practical aspects of it and that is what this course does with Microsoft Excel. It gives you an opportunity to fine-tune your "THINKING IN EXCEL" terms. In the course, you will find detailed explanation of why a particular method was chosen in a particular scenario. This allows you to do a comparative study in terms of what your own approach would have been.
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The lessons are structured so as to focus on a set of tools/techniques/formulae at a time. In the course, you will learn
How to manage and manipulate data in Microsoft Excel
Cell references that are available in Excel (Absolute vs Relative Cell references)
Array Formulae and how to use them
Numerical, Text, Date Functions and Formulae
Various Look-Up Scenarios and Functions as well as Dynamic Referencing (including XLOOKUP)
Different Charting and Dashboard Techniques
Pivot Tables
Other Excel tools including Data Validation, Conditional Formatting, Goal Seek, External Data Links etc.
The lectures have been recorded on Microsoft 365. However, almost all the features work on any version beyond Microsoft Excel 2007. Wherever a particular feature is not compatible with the older versions, it has been pointed out and more importantly, alternatives approaches have been discussed.
This course is guaranteed to teach you Microsoft Excel in the most practical way. Once enrolled, you will have access to this Microsoft Excel course for the rest of your life. You will always be able to come back to this course to review material or to learn new material about how to use Excel.
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