Our advanced level Microsoft Excel course uses the world famous Pitman Training methodology, allowing you to study in your own time.
Within 18 – 20 study hours at one of our training centres in London (Holborn or Notting Hill) and Manchester, you’ll develop and retain expert skills to help you add real value to your career.
If you can’t get to one of our training centres in London or Manchester, you can study this Excel course from home via distance learning.
This advanced Excel course covers the City & Guilds Spreadsheet Processing Techniques Intermediate exam as well as the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Spreadsheets) exam.
What’s Covered?
In 8 practical, exercise packed lessons, you’ll learn the following:
Lesson One:
Using AutoFill, carrying out date calculations, adding a worksheet background, showing/hiding gridlines and headings, creating and working with tables, converting text to columns, removing duplicates, consolidating data, hiding/unhiding worksheets, using paste special, creating a custom format.
Lesson Two:
Defining, using and managing named ranges, using named ranges in formulas, inserting, modifying and removing hyperlinks, formatting elements of a column chart, using functions: ROUND; SUMIF; IF; IFERROR; AND, using the IF function nested with OR.
Lesson Three:
Using conditional formatting, editing a conditional formatting rule, using the Rules Manager, formatting cells meeting a specific condition, applying more than one conditional formatting rule, sorting data using cell attributes, filtering data using cell attributes, using advanced filter options.
Lesson Four:
Recording and running macros, editing a macro, running a macros from the Quick Access Toolbar, deleting macros, using data validation, tracing precedent/dependent cells in a worksheet, evaluating formulas, tracing errors.
Lesson Five:
Summarising data using subtotals, using database functions, grouping and ungrouping data, creating a pivot table, refreshing pivot table data, filtering information in a pivot table, formatting pivot table data.
Lesson Six:
Inserting headers and footers, copying and pasting data between worksheets, grouping and ungrouping worksheets, creating a new workbook, switching between workbooks, viewing multiple workbooks, hiding and unhiding a workbook, saving as a template, creating a workbook from a template using existing templates and online resources.
Lesson Seven:
Protecting worksheet cells, applying and removing passwords, setting file properties, sharing workbooks, merging workbooks, tracking changes, accepting or rejecting changes, using the Document Inspector, marking a workbook as final, removing a password, adding a digital signature.
Lesson Eight:
Using statistical function: COUNTA, COUNTBLANK, COUNTIF, using text functions: PROPER, UPPER; LOWER; CONCATENATE, using financial functions: PV; NPV; RATE, using nested functions.
When Does The Excel Expert Course Start?
You can start this course at any time – there’s no term start dates or timetables, and you can even study from home.
We have long opening hours in all three of our training centres in Manchester, Holborn and Notting Hill: Monday – Thursday 09:00 – 20:00; Friday 09:00 – 16:30, Saturday 10:00 – 16:00.
You decide whether you study daytimes, evenings or Saturdays, or a blend of all of these.
Our friendly tutors are always with you to provide support and guidance as you study your Excel course at our centres, and are just a phone call or email away when you study from home.
Who Should Take The Advanced Excel Course?
The Excel Expert Course is aimed at people who are already performing complex calculations in Excel and who need to gain extra value from the application, or those who have already taken our Excel 2010 Beginners to Intermediates course.
What Next?
To enrol or find out more, just call our Course Advisors on the numbers on the side bar or contact us via email.
Interested in our Microsoft Office Diploma? It’s the most comprehensive of its kind and is nationally recognised by employers.
We have a number of Microsoft Office courses that are all self-paced and nationally recognised by employers.
If you’re not sure which Microsoft Office course is for you, why not give our Course Advisors a quick call or email?
