Microsoft Excel 365 Training Course Intermediate

Brentwood Intermediate Microsoft Excel 365 Course Overview

Brentwood is a convenient Essex location for businesses looking for practical, instructor-led Microsoft Excel 365 Training Course training. We can deliver the course either at your premises or at a local venue, depending on what works best for your team.

The venue works particularly well for spreadsheet-based training where delegates need time to practise formulas, reporting and data analysis without day-to-day interruptions.

3 The Drive
Jubilee House
Great Warley
Brentwood
CM13 3FR
United Kingdom

The Brentwood venue is well placed for teams travelling from Essex and East London. This is especially useful for teams who want practical, hands-on training that improves confidence with everyday spreadsheet tasks.

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By using Excel 365 along with it's new features, everyone attending this course will have greater confidence in using Excel features that are definitely beyond the basics.

This intermediate Excel 365 course covers a range of advanced functions including VLOOKUP, along with the XLOOKUP function, text, date and time, and logical functions. These functions allow you to search for and retrieve data from other parts of the worksheet or from other worksheets or workbooks. Also, Text functions, such as CONCATENATE and LEFT, MID, and RIGHT, can be used to combine and extract text from cells.

In addition to these functions, the course will also cover pivot tables, which are a powerful tool for summarising and analysing large amounts of data. Pivot tables allow users to rearrange and filter data, and generate summary reports. Pivot tables can be especially useful for quickly identifying trends and patterns in data.

What You'll Learn in this Excel 365 Intermediate Training Course

• Master Lookup, Text, and Date functions, including new array functions
• Develop skills in creating and customising Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
• Learn to use Data Validation for enhanced data entry control
• Apply Conditional Formatting to visualise data dynamically

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Course Duration: 1 Days

Course Prerequisites for your training in Brentwood

This course is perfect for those with a foundational understanding of Excel who are ready to take their skills further. To make the most of this training, we recommend the following:

• Familiarity with Excel's interface, basic navigation, and fundamental features (e.g., entering data, creating simple formulas).
• Ability to use basic formulas, such as SUM, and AVERAGE.
• Skills such as formatting cells, sorting, and filtering data.

Not sure if you're ready for the intermediate course? Take a quick look at the beginners' training to make sure you're all set. Excel Beginners Course.

Complete Course Outline

Formulas and Functions within Excel 365

• Using lookup and reference functions (e.g. VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP)
• Using text functions (e.g. CONCATENATE, LEFT, MID, RIGHT)
• Using date and time functions (e.g. TODAY, NOW, NETWORKDAYS)
• Using logical functions (e.g. IF, AND, OR, NOT)

Array Functions

• Using the FILTER function to extract data from an array based on criteria
• Using the SORT function to sort data in an array
• Using the UNIQUE function to remove duplicates from an array

Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts

• Creating Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
• Modifying Pivot Tables (e.g. adding/removing fields, filtering data)
• Formatting Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
• Using Pivot Tables to summarise and analyse data

Creating Charts

• Column Chart
• Adjusting chart elements
• Changing chart colours
• Combination Chart

Working with Data

• Removing duplicates and consolidating data
• Using Text to Columns and Flash Fill to split and combine data
• Using Find and Replace to locate and replace data
• Import data from website

Conditional Formatting

• Cell formatting
• Using a formula to conditionally format cells
• A couple of sneaky conditional formatting tricks

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Post-Course Resources

• Training notes & exercise files
• Online materials: video tutorials & shortcuts
• 3 months post training support

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