Excel Fundamentals (Coming Soon)

Syllabus

Introduction to Excel

  • Accessing Excel
  • Describing and customizing the application interface
  • Getting help
  • Creating, saving, closing, and opening workbooks
  • The Workbook concept
  • Excel Templates

Working in the Worksheet

  • Cells, rows, columns
  • Active cell
  • Navigating the worksheet
  • Address concept
  • Entering and editing data
  • Data types
  • Selecting, moving, and copying cells
  • Paste Special
  • Clear command
  • Inserting, editing, copying, and deleting comments
  • Configuring regional settings in the control panel

Column and Row Operations

  • Selecting, inserting, and deleting rows and columns
  • Modifying column width and row height
  • Hiding and showing rows and columns

Worksheet Operations

  • Selecting, inserting, and deleting sheets
  • Renaming sheets
  • Moving and copying sheets within and between workbooks
  • Navigating between sheets
  • Handling multiple sheets

Formatting Cells

  • Formatting numbers and text
  • Defining cell fill and borders
  • Aligning and orienting cell content
  • Copying and deleting formats
  • Applying automatic formats

Data Series

  • Creating and using data series
  • Custom lists
  • Auto-complete

Performing Calculations

  • Formula and function syntax
  • Operators
  • Error values
  • Relative, absolute, and mixed references
  • Circular references
  • Creating formulas
  • Calculations with functions
  • Moving and copying cells with formulas and functions

Links

  • Linking cells
  • External references
  • Pasting, embedding, and linking information between applications

Working with Data Lists and Tables

  • Best practices for creating a list
  • Selecting and navigating a data list
  • Sorting data in a list
  • Searching records using AutoFilter
  • Applying automatic subtotals to a list
  • Format as Table
  • Find and Replace

Printing

  • Page setup
  • Printing options
  • Print Preview
  • Inserting and deleting page breaks
  • Workbook views
  • Inserting headers and footers

Charts

  • Selecting data to represent
  • Creating 2D and 3D charts
  • Recommended charts
  • Defining chart type, options, and location
  • Adding, deleting, and formatting chart items
About

Where: Coimbra Business School – ISCAC

Duration: 15 hours, taught via ZOOM Platform

Level: Beginner

Date and time:

  • Days: to be defined
Target Audience

This course is designed for anyone who wants to start using Excel and intends to master the most used features for creating any document through this tool.

Professionals who need to perform calculations and synthesize information in maps to obtain support indicators for their tasks, and students in general.

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