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Excel Formulas and Functions Indepth

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Course Overview

This course is designed to help users get the most from the advanced functions in Excel. Advanced Lookup and Reference functions to help you gather data, Text functions to organise and validate the data, Logical functions to analyse the data. You will use the advanced features of Microsoft Excel to attain a high degree of proficiency as an Excel power user within the area of writing functions.

Course Prerequisites

    • Delegates should have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel to get the most from this course. We recommend that delegates attend our Excel Level 1, 2 and 3 courses or have equivalent knowledge.

Included with this course

    • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
    • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
    • Telephone and Email Support

Course Content

  • Advanced Logical Functions

    IF logical tests
    Expanding nested IF statements
    AND, OR, and NOT functions with IF
    Using IFS for multiple conditions

  • Text Functions

    Locating and extracting data with the FIND, SEARCH, and MID functions
    Extracting specific data with the LEFT and RIGHT functions
    Using the TRIM function to remove unwanted spaces in a cell
    Using ampersands and CONCATENATE to combine data from different cells
    Adjusting character content with the REPLACE and SUBSTITUTE functions

  • Information Functions

    Extracting information with the CELL and INFO functions
    ISBLANK, ISODD, ISEVEN, ISTEXT, ISNONTEXT, and ISNUMBER
    ISERR, ISERROR, IFERROR, and ISNA error-checking functions
    Tracking and highlighting formula cells with the ISFORMULA function

  • Advanced Lookup and Reference Functions

    Looking up information with VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
    Finding approximate matches with VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
    Finding exact matches with VLOOKUP
    Nesting lookup functions
    Using VLOOKUP with large tables
    Finding table-like information within a function using the CHOOSE function
    Using the SWITCH function for formula-embedded selection
    Locating data with the MATCH function
    Using MATCH and INDEX functions together

  • Statistical Functions

    Using SUBTOTAL
    Finding the middle value with MEDIAN and most common value with MODE
    Ranking data without sorting with RANK and RANK.EQ
    Finding the largest and smallest values with the LARGE and SMALL functions
    Tabulating blank cells with the COUNTBLANK function
    ROUND, ROUNDUP, and ROUNDDOWN functions
    MROUND, CEILING, and FLOOR for specialised rounding
    Using the powerful AGGREGATE function to bypass errors and hidden data

  • Array Formulas and Functions

    Extending formula capabilities with array formulas
    Counting unique entries in a range with an array formula
    Determining frequency distributions with the FREQUENCY function

  • Reference Functions and Advanced Data Validation

    Getting data from remote cells with the OFFSET function
    Returning references with the INDIRECT function
    Using INDIRECT with Data Validation for two-tiered pick lists

  • Formula and Function Tips and Shortcuts

    Displaying and highlighting formulas
    Using Auditing tools
    Converting formulas to values with a drag
    Using Named Ranges and Tables

 

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