Excel Resources

 

Spreadsheet objectives

Database objectives

Spreadsheet Design Guidelines

Basics:

·          Customization: Changing Excel's defaults

·          Cursor movement

·          Data entry, Video

·          Editing

·          Formatting

·          File commands

·          Printing

 

Copying Formulas

·          Copying formulas: Absolute/relative cell references, Video

 

Charts

·          Bad examples

·          Good examples

·          Overview, Video

·          About Charting

·          Guidelines for Charting

·          Getting Ready to Chart

·          Creating a Basic Chart

·          Formatting Your Chart

·          Working with Chart Elements

·          Using Pie Chart Options

·          Charting Extras

·          Charts tutorial: How to create a chart (MS)

·          Charts tutorial: Choose the right chart type (MS)

·          Charts tutorial: Professional-looking charts (MS)

 

Functions

·          Functions (all)

·          Toolbar functions: SUM, MAX, MIN, AVERAGE, COUNT, Video

·          Date/Time functions: TODAY, NOW, MONTH, DAY, YEAR, DATE, WEEKDAY Video

 

Financial Functions

·          Financial functions overview

·          Payment (PMT) Video 1, Video 2

·          Future Value (FV) Video

·          Present Value (PV) Video

·          Rate (RATE)

·          Number of periods (NPER)

·          Rounding numbers

 

 

 

Making decisions

·          Conditional formatting

·          IF Video

·          AND

·          OR

·          Lookup: VLOOKUP

 

Importing Data

·          Importing a text file

·          Splitting data from a single cell into multiple cells

 

Database features

·          Sorting Video

·          Autofiltering Video

·          Advanced filtering

·          Subtotals Video 1 Video 2

·          Database functions

·          Pivot tables Video 1, Video 2, Video 3

·          MS Pivot Table Tutorial

 

Miscellaneous

·          Customizing Excel

·          Macros and Visual Basic

·          Working with large and/or 3-D worksheets

 

 

Microsoft pages

·         Office Home Page: starting place for info about Excel

·         Downloads: get the latest update (MS calls them "service packs") to Excel

·         Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Home Page: get your Excel skills certified

 

Excel 2007!

·         Download the Office 2007 trial edition for free!

 

MS Office Specialist Excel 2003 Objectives

MS Office Specialist Excel 2003 Expert Objectives

USD Excel tutorial

Florida Gulf Coast University Excel Pages

Sample files

 

Updated 2009.02.02