
Master fast Excel workflows with tricks for data entry, leading zeros and dates, the magic fill handle, and faster charts and pivot tables, plus keyboard and ribbon shortcuts.
Preserve leading zeros and prevent date conversions in Excel by using a leading apostrophe or by preformatting cells as text, keeping reference numbers intact.
Learn to add hyperlinks to Excel objects that point to external websites, internal sheet navigation via named references, or email addresses, and manage or remove them.
Customize the ribbons and quick access toolbar to fit your Excel workflow, including turning on the developer tab and adding or removing icons across all documents or per file.
Set the default number of worksheets for new workbooks via the general and file options, then learn to insert and duplicate sheets using keyboard shortcuts.
Use scenarios and the scenario manager to experiment with different values by saving changing cells as optimistic, pessimistic, or original data. See how these what-if choices affect totals.
Discover how to manage large text in cells using wrap text, shrink to fit, auto fit, and manual line breaks with alt+enter to balance column width and readability.
Insert static or dynamic dates and times in Excel using today and now formulas, or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+; and Ctrl+Shift+;) and refresh calculations to update on reopen.
Create and reuse custom fill handle lists in Excel by importing lists from cells, using months, days, and directions to speed up data entry while preserving case and formatting.
Learn to calculate mortgage repayments in Excel with the PMT function, using present value, monthly rate, and years, and explore LTV-based scenarios with VLOOKUP.
Insert caption boxes and drive them with formulas to show calculated results, such as the sphere volume using pi() and radius squared, by linking the text box to worksheet cells.
This Microsoft Excel – Shortcut Guide training course from Infinite Skills takes you beyond the basics of Excel, showing you numerous useful shortcuts within this spreadsheet program. This course is designed for users that already have a basic working knowledge of Excel.
You will start by learning simple shortcuts, such as adding hyperlinks to Excel objects and using the fill handle for quick data patterns. You will then jump into learning Excel interface shortcuts, how to move swiftly between workbooks and worksheets, and creating and using custom views. Guy proceeds to teach you how to work with dates and times, as well as working with data and formula. Finally, this video tutorial will show you shortcuts for creating charts and pivot tables, including referencing a pivot table value in a formula and separating worksheets from a single pivot table.
By the completion of this video based training course, you will be comfortable with using many of these shortcuts in Microsoft Excel. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.