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Excel 2021: Mastering the fundamentals - online training

Learn Excel basics: data entry, formulas, formatting, and table management


Discover the Excel spreadsheet, master data entry and simple formulas, and format and layout your tables and graphs. You'll be able to manage long tables, filter and sort them, and even summarize your data using pivot tables.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participant will be able to use the fundamental functions of Excel 2021.

Is it for you ?

Beginners or those with some basic knowledge who need to master Excel's fundamental commands.

Prerequisite

No knowledge of Excel is required. You just need to be familiar with the keyboard and mouse.

Your benefits

  • Create and organize spreadsheets with structured data and worksheets
  • Perform basic calculations using formulas and essential functions
  • Format data to improve readability and usability
  • Manage and manipulate cells, rows, and columns efficiently
  • Sort, filter, and present data for initial analysis
  • Content

    Essential modules

    Excel 2021 - Level 1: Essential knowledge

    This module offers interactive training with 45 training videos, 45 practice exercises and 5 additional information points.

    Discover Excel, complete a table

    • Worth knowing: Discovering the spreadsheet
    • Opening a workbook
    • General environment
    • Moving around a workbook
    • What you need to know : Input aids
    • Data entry
    • What you need to know : Selecting, copying and moving
    • Selecting and deleting cells
    • Undoing and redoing an action
    • Column width/row height
    • To know : Saving files
    • Saving a workbook
    • Modifying cell contents
    • Creating a new workbook

    Perform your first calculations

    • Entering a calculation formula
    • Sum and other simple calculations
    • Calculating a percentage
    • Copy to adjacent cells
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    Present your data

    • Simple numerical formats
    • Applying a theme
    • Character enhancement
    • Font and font size
    • Cell content alignment
    • Cell color
    • Cell borders

    Print and lay out your binders

    • Page layout
    • Preview and print
    • Page break
    • Print area
    • Good to know : Header and footer
    • Header and footer

    Become more efficient

    • Using Excel Help
    • Spell checking
    • Search, replace
    • Zoom display
    • Inserting/deleting rows, columns and cells
    • Moving cells
    • Copy to non-adjacent cells
    • Quick copy of cell layout
    • Merge cells
    • Orientation of cell contents
    • Cell styles
    • Data sorting

    Manage sheets and data display

    • Sheet name, tab color
    • Insert, delete and background sheets
    • Move, copy and hide sheets
    • Freeze columns/rows on screen, window splitting
    • Repeating column/line titles on printout
    • Hiding sheet elements
    • Grouping data as a map

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    Excel 2021 - Level 2: Intermediate knowledge

    This module offers interactive training with 61 training videos, 61 practice exercises and 5 additional information points.

    Move on to more complex tables

    • Display multiple rows in a cell
    • Absolute reference in a formula
    • Copy values, copy with link or transpose
    • Worth knowing: Entering calculation functions
    • System date and date format
    • Simple condition
    • Custom format
    • Conditional formatting
    • Managing conditional formatting
    • Cell range name
    • Validation criteria
    • Cell range in a function

    Present your figures on graphs

    • Worth knowing: Graphs
    • Creating and moving a graph
    • Managing a graph
    • Selecting chart elements
    • Adding and deleting elements
    • Formatting chart elements
    • Modifying graph text elements
    • Legend and plotting area
    • Graph printing and layout

    Enhance the presentation of your graphs

    • Modifying data labels
    • Data series and chart axes
    • Managing series
    • Chart type options
    • Managing chart templates
    • Creating a 2D Map chart
    • Creating sparkline charts
    • Managing sparkline charts

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    Enhance your tables

    • Creating graphic objects
    • Select and delete objects
    • Copying and moving objects
    • Sizing a graphic object
    • Modifying a text box
    • Modifying a drawing
    • Formatting drawing objects
    • Inserting an image
    • Image management
    • Rotating and aligning objects
    • Overlaying and grouping objects

    Exploit your data list tables

    • Worth knowing : Instant fill
    • Calculating subtotals
    • Creating and managing a data table
    • Presenting and sorting data in a data table
    • Adding calculations to a data table
    • Automatic filters
    • Custom filters
    • Empty values and duplicates
    • Worth knowing: The criteria zone
    • Using a criteria area
    • Filtering and copying lines by criteria area
    • Statistics with criteria fields
    • Data sorting and filtering functions

    Create and use pivot tables and charts

    • Worth knowing : Pivot tables and pivot charts
    • Creating a pivot table
    • Modifying and adding calculations to a pivot table
    • Modifying the source of a pivot table
    • Selecting, copying, moving and deleting pivot tables
    • Structure and print a pivot table
    • Formatting a pivot table
    • Filtering a pivot table
    • Filtering using segments
    • Creating a low-level pivot table

    Microsoft Office: use cases

    Excel, Word or PowerPoint with a Microsoft 365 subscription

    Video: This module features a 23-minute video.

    • Office with or without a Microsoft 365 subscription: what are the differences?
    • Creating and saving Office documents on OneDrive, SharePoint Online or Teams
    • Edit Office documents from OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams
    • Share Office documents with colleagues or people outside your organization
    • Co-edit files

    Excel 2021: use cases

    Video: This module includes a 55-minute video.

    Setting up a quality control system

    • Case study presentation
    • Setting up statistical formulas
    • Preparing to set up the graph
    • Setting up the control chart
    • Improving the control chart
    • Conclusion

    Analyzing library use

    • Case study
    • Creating the Evolution of patronage graph
    • Creating pivot tables
    • Conclusion

    Budget monitoring

    • Case study
    • Creating pivot tables
    • Creating pivot charts
    • Creating the dashboard
    • Conclusion

    Solving a cost minimization problem

    • Case study
    • Setting up formulas
    • Solving the problem with the Solver
    • Conclusion

    Additional modules

    Excel 2021

    Digital book: This module allows you to consult a digital course material.

    Excel 2021 - Level 3: Advanced Knowledge

    This module offers interactive training with 42 training videos, 42 practice exercises and 5 additional information points.

    💡 Useful information

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    11.0 hours
    Regular fee
    $199
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