FROG Software Training: Excel Introduction

This course is intended for beginners who need to learn the basics of using spreadsheets. At the end of the course the participant should be able to create a good selection of spreadsheets.

Pre-requisites
Basic keyboard and PC skills and a knowledge of the windows environment is assumed

What is a Spreadsheet?

 

  • The Excel Screen
    • The Ribbon
    • Moving around the screen
    • Selecting cells and ranges

 

  • Creating a Spreadsheet
    • Opening workbooks
    • Entering text and numbers
    • Saving workbooks/Save as PDF
    • Preview and print workbooks
    • Closing workbooks

 

  • Views
    • Normal
    • Page Layout

 

  • Editing a Spreadsheet
    • Deleting cell contents
    • Editing text and numbers
    • Copying/moving data/Pasting Options
    • AutoFill
    • Inserting and deleting rows and columns
    • Hiding rows and columns
    • Inserting, deleting, copying and moving worksheets
    • Inserting Symbols

 

  • Formatting
    • Apply font formats
    • Formatting ranges (currency, fixed etc)
    • Rotate and indent text
    • Modify cell size and alignment
    • Apply borders and shading

 

  • Formulae
    • Simple calculations
    • Copying formulae
    • Editing formulae
    • Absolute & Relative Formulae
    • AutoCalculate
    • Range Finder

 

  • Statistical Functions
    • AutoSum
    • Analysing Data using AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, COUNT and COUNTA
    • Function Wizard

 

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