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Microsoft Office – Excel
This qualification is aimed at anyone who wishes to expand and develop their skills using spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel, and is broken down into 5 levels for Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced 1, Advanced 2 and Advanced 3. Each level is 3 hours in total but delivered as three separate one-hour sessions via Zoom or Microsoft Teams and costs £20pp for each hourly session.
Introduction
Unit 1 – Basic data entry and formatting
9th February 11:30-12:45
Unit 2 – Simple calculations and functions
23rd February 11:30-12:45
Unit 3 – Introduction to Charts, Controlling charts, Sparklines, Adding graphic elements
9th March 11:30-12:45
Intermediate
Unit 4 – Manipulating spreadsheet views, Cell addressing, Conditional formatting
9th February 14:00-15:15
9th March 14:00-15:15
Unit 5 – Functions 2 – Conditional functions
16th February 14:00-15:15
16 March 14:00-15:15
Unit 6 – LOOKUP functions, Naming cells and ranges
23rd February 14:00-15:15
30 March 14:00-15;15
Advanced 1
Unit 7 – Auditing formulae, Protecting cells
2nd March 9:30-10:45
3th April 14:00-15:15
Unit 8 – Functions 3 – Text & date functions, Combining functions, Rounding
7th March 9:30-10:45
20 April 14:00-15:15
Unit 9 – Pivot Tables, Introduction to Macros
9th March 9:30-10:45
27th April 14:00-15:15
Advanced 2
Unit 10 – Data Validation, Outline Features, Working Areas, Creating Excel tables
16th march 9:30-10:45
Unit 11 – Managing a project, Gantt Charts, Exploring scenarios – What if analysis
21st March 9:30-10:45
Unit 12 – Functions 4 – Statistical Functions
30th March 9:30-10:45
Advanced 3
Unit 13: Functions 5 – Nested IF, functions with multiple criteria and Forms*
Unit 14: Creating a Dashboard – Introduction and additional tools*^
Unit 15: Creating a Dashboard – Design and create*^
^Units 14 & 15 assume knowledge of pivot tables and pivot charts; conditional and lookup functions: IF, Nested IFs, COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, INDEX, XMATCH, CHOOSE, XLOOKUP; Conditional Formatting; form controls; charts; sparklines; and outlines.