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Excel for Mac Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365)

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Overview

Master the essential tasks in the Mac version of Excel for Office 365. Learn how to manage workbooks, use core functions and formulas, create charts, and much more.

Excel for Mac is a powerful tool, but it can be intimidating for new users who either don't know where to start or don't know how to proceed beyond the most basic tasks. In this course, learn how to master the essential tasks in the Mac version of Excel for Office 365. Excel expert Curt Frye shows how to manage workbooks, work with cells and cell data, and sort, filter, and manage worksheets. Plus, learn how to summarize data using core functions and formulas; format worksheet elements; create bar, column, and line charts; work with external data and objects; create and filter PivotTables; and share your spreadsheets with others.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Discover Excel for Mac
  • What you should know
1. Get Started with Excel
  • What can you do with Excel 2019?
  • Explore the Excel 2019 program window
  • The ribbon
  • Set program preferences
  • Get help in Excel
2. Manage Workbooks
  • Open, create, and save workbooks
  • Set workbook properties
  • Create and modify templates
3. Work with Worksheets, Cells, and Cell Data
  • Select cells and groups of cells
  • Copy and paste cell data
  • Enter data using AutoFill and other techniques
  • Insert symbols and special characters
  • Create named ranges
  • Create an Excel table
  • Locate and change data using Find and Replace
  • Guide cell input using validation rules
4. Sort, Filter, and Manage Worksheets
  • Sort worksheet data
  • Create a custom sort order
  • Filter worksheet data
  • Insert, move, and delete cells and cell ranges
  • Split worksheets and freeze rows and columns
  • Manage worksheets
  • Create, edit, and delete headers and footers
5. Summarize Data Using Formulas and Functions
  • Introduce Excel formulas, functions, and operators
  • Add a formula to a cell
  • Use relative and absolute cell references
  • Control how Excel copies and pastes formulas
  • Refer to Excel table data in formulas
  • Create an AutoSum formula
  • Summarize data on the status bar
  • Summarize data using IF functions
  • Summarize data using conditional formulas
  • Identify precedents and dependents
  • Manage Excel formula error indicators
6. Format Worksheet Elements
  • Apply fonts, background colors, and borders
  • Apply number and date formats to cells
  • Manage text alignment
  • Copy cell formats
  • Manage cell styles
  • Manage Office themes
  • Create rule-based conditional formats
  • Define top ten conditional formats
  • Define data bar, color scale, and icon set conditional formats
  • Manage conditional formats
7. Work with Charts
  • Create bar and column charts
  • Create line charts
  • Create XY (scatter) charts
  • Change chart types and layouts
  • Format chart elements
  • Manage chart axes and numbering
  • Create sparkline charts
  • Create funnel, waterfall, and map charts
8. Work with External Data and Objects
  • Import data from comma-separated value (CSV) or text files
  • Use hyperlinks
  • Create and format shapes
  • Add and adjust images
  • Add and format text boxes
  • Align and layer objects
9. Explore PivotTables
  • Create a PivotTable
  • Pivot a PivotTable
  • Manage subtotals and grand totals
  • Change the data field summary operation and number format
  • Filter a PivotTable
10. Review and Share Your Spreadsheets
  • Check spelling
  • Set AutoCorrect and automatic Replace options
  • Manage workbook comments
  • Print a worksheet or workbook
  • Set and remove print areas
  • Export workbooks to other formats
Conclusion
  • Further resources

Taught by

Curt Frye

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